Authority of the Messenger

إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

Indeed you, [O Muḥammad], are from among the messengers,

إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا

Except whom He has approved of messengers, and indeed, He sends before him [i.e., each messenger] and behind him observers