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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 77of 120

قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَ قَوْمٍۢ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا وَضَلُّوا۟ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ﴿٧٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "O People of the Scripture, do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the inclinations of a people who had gone astray before and misled many and have strayed from the soundness of the way."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لَا(Do) not
تَغْلُوا۟taghlūexceed
فِىin
دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
غَيْرَghayraother than
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟tattabiʿūfollow
أَهْوَآءَahwāa(vain) desires
قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
قَدْqadcertainly
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūwho went astray
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
وَأَضَلُّوا۟wa-aḍallūand they misled
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
وَضَلُّوا۟waḍallūand they have strayed
عَنʿanfrom
سَوَآءِsawāi(the) right
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli[the] way

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the ReligionAllah admonishes those who take up rivals with Him and worship the idols, monuments and false deities. Allah states that such false deities do not deserve any degree of Divinity.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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