Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
When the verse (We sent no messenger save that he should be obeyed by Allah's leave) was revealed, 'Abdullah Ibn Ubayy said: "Muhammad commands us to obey him instead of obeying Allah", so Allah revealed the following: (Whoso obeyeth the messenger) in that which he commands (obeys Allah) because the Messenger never commands anything unless Allah has commanded it, (and whoso turneth away) from obeying the messenger: (We have not sent thee as a warder) a custodian (over them).
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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