It is not for a human [prophet]1 that Allāh should give him the Scripture2 and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allāh," but [instead, he would say], "Be pious scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Scripture and because of what you have studied."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Or any believer.
2 Or in the case of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ), "the Book" (i.e., the Qur’ān).
رَبَّٰنِيِّـۧنَworshippers of the Lordrabbāniyyīna
بِمَاbecausebimā
كُنتُمۡyou have beenkuntum
تُعَلِّمُونَteachingtuʿallimūna
ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
وَبِمَاand becausewabimā
كُنتُمۡyou have beenkuntum
تَدۡرُسُونَstudying (it)tadrusūna
Tafsir
It is not right for a man whom Allah gives a book revealed by Him, together with knowledge and understanding and selects him as a prophet, to say then to people, ‘Become servants of me instead of Allah’. Rather, he should say to them: Be righteous scholars-acting on what you know, because of your teaching the revealed book to people and because of your studying it by memorising and understanding it.