We sent not a messenger, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of Allah. If they had only, when they were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah's forgiveness, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
و ما هيچ پيامبرى را نفرستاديم مگر آنكه به توفيق الهى از او اطاعت كنند. و اگر آنان وقتى به خود ستم كرده بودند، پيش تو مى‌آمدند و از خدا آمرزش مى‌خواستند و پيامبر [نيز] براى آنان طلب آمرزش مى‌كرد، قطعاً خدا را توبه‌پذيرِ مهربان مى‌يافتند.