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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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وَلَا يَأْمُرَكُمْ أَن تَتَّخِذُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ وَٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ أَرْبَابًا ۗ أَيَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ﴿٨٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Nor could he order you to take the angels and prophets as lords. Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd not
يَأْمُرَكُمْyamurakumhe will order you
أَنanthat
تَتَّخِذُوا۟tattakhidhūyou take
ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikatathe Angels
وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَwal-nabiyīnaand the Prophets
أَرْبَابًا ۗarbāban(as) lords
أَيَأْمُرُكُمayamurukumWould he order you
بِٱلْكُفْرِbil-kuf'rito [the] disbelief
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
إِذْidh[when]
أَنتُمantumyou (have become)
مُّسْلِمُونَmus'limūnaMuslims

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

No Prophet Ever Called People to Worship him or to Worship Other Than AllahThis Ayah 3:79 means, it is not for a person whom Allah has given the Book, knowledge in the Law and prophethood to proclaim to the people, "Worship me instead of Allah," meaning, along with Allah. If this is not the right of a Prophet or a Messenger, then indeed, it is not the right of anyone else to issue such a claim.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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