We never sent any messenger but that he should be obeyed by the leave of God. If when they had wronged themselves they had come to you and asked forgiveness from God and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them they would have found God Relenting Merciful. “We only commanded the messengers to call created beings to Us.” If when they had wronged themselves they had come to you: “If they had made you their means of access they would have reached Us.” It is said “If they had practiced being humble and poor iftiqār and had jumped on the horse of asking forgiveness istighfār they would have come to rest in the courtyard of kindnesses mabārr.”
