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Al-Ma'idah 77

Ayah 77 of 120 · Medinan

قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَا تَغۡلُواْ فِي دِينِكُمۡ غَيۡرَ ٱلۡحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَ قَوۡمٖ قَدۡ ضَلُّواْ مِن قَبۡلُ وَأَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗا وَضَلُّواْ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ٧٧

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. يَٰٓأَهۡلَO Peopleyāahla
  3. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  4. لَا(Do) notlā
  5. تَغۡلُواْexceedtaghlū
  6. فِيinfī
  7. دِينِكُمۡyour religiondīnikum
  8. غَيۡرَother thanghayra
  9. ٱلۡحَقِّthe truthl-ḥaqi
  10. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  11. تَتَّبِعُوٓاْfollowtattabiʿū
  12. أَهۡوَآءَ(vain) desiresahwāa
  13. قَوۡمٖ(of) a peopleqawmin
  14. قَدۡcertainlyqad
  15. ضَلُّواْwho went astrayḍallū
  16. مِنfrommin
  17. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  18. وَأَضَلُّواْand they misledwa-aḍallū
  19. كَثِيرٗاmanykathīran
  20. وَضَلُّواْand they have strayedwaḍallū
  21. عَنfromʿan
  22. سَوَآءِ(the) rightsawāi
  23. ٱلسَّبِيلِ[the] wayl-sabīli

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, to the Christians: Do not overstep the boundaries of the instruction you were given to follow the truth. Do not be excessive in reverence of those whom you were instructed to revere, such as prophets, regarding them to be divine as you have done with respect to Jesus, son of Mary. You did this because of following your predecessors who were astray, who led many other people astray and who were far from the path of truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran