4.64 – We have not sent any messenger, except that he should be obeyed
This statement appears in the middle of a passage that is making a case for the authority of the Quran’s messenger (vv. 59–69), just prior to a longer passage that pictures a battle scene (vv. 71–104).
The statement in this verse does not actually match most of the information given about messengers in the Quran. In most other passages messengers preach and warn and suffer resistance but do not command or enforce. This verse seems to contradict that pattern. From another angle, does this verse match the biblical profile of a prophet? See 25.20 for an analysis of categorical statements about messengers and prophets.