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At-Tawbah 31

Ayah 31 of 129 · Medinan

ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَحۡبَارَهُمۡ وَرُهۡبَٰنَهُمۡ أَرۡبَابٗا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَسِيحَ ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَٰهٗا وَٰحِدٗاۖ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٣١

They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allāh,1 and [also] the Messiah, the son of Mary.2 And they were not commanded except to worship one God; there is no deity except Him. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Him.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 By their obedience to them rather than to what Allāh ordained.

2 By their worship of him in conjunction with Allāh.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْThey have takenittakhadhū
  2. أَحۡبَارَهُمۡtheir rabbisaḥbārahum
  3. وَرُهۡبَٰنَهُمۡand their monkswaruh'bānahum
  4. أَرۡبَابٗا(as) Lordsarbāban
  5. مِّنbesidesmin
  6. دُونِbesidesdūni
  7. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  8. وَٱلۡمَسِيحَand the Messiahwal-masīḥa
  9. ٱبۡنَsonib'na
  10. مَرۡيَمَ(of) Maryammaryama
  11. وَمَآAnd notwamā
  12. أُمِرُوٓاْthey were commandedumirū
  13. إِلَّاexceptillā
  14. لِيَعۡبُدُوٓاْthat they worshipliyaʿbudū
  15. إِلَٰهٗاOne Godilāhan
  16. وَٰحِدٗاۖOne Godwāḥidan
  17. لَّآ(There) is nolā
  18. إِلَٰهَgodilāha
  19. إِلَّاexceptillā
  20. هُوَۚHimhuwa
  21. سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥGlory be to Himsub'ḥānahu
  22. عَمَّاfrom whatʿammā
  23. يُشۡرِكُونَthey associate (with Him)yush'rikūna

Tafsir

The Jews made their rabbis lords instead of Allah, as did the Christians with their monks, by allowing them to permit what Allah had forbidden them and forbidding what Allah had allowed for them; and the Christians made the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, a god next to Allah. as well as ‘Uzayr and Jesus the son of Mary, to worship Him alone, and not to associate anything with Him. He, glory be to Him, is the only God, and there is nothing worthy of worship except Him. He is, glory be to Him, sacred, far above having any partner that these idolaters and others claim.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran