26:21 fa farartu minkum lam-maa khiftukum fa wahaba liy rab-biy Hukmaw wa ja'Alaniy minal mursaliyn

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
"I therefore went away from you as I feared you - so my Lord commanded me and appointed me as one of the Noble Messengers."

Yusuf Ali:
"So I fled from you (all) when I feared you; but my Lord has (since) invested me with judgment (and wisdom) and appointed me as one of the messengers.

Pickthal:
Then I fled from you when I feared you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a command and appointed me (of the number) of those sent (by Him).