Al-Ma'idah 5:77 قل يا اهل الكتاب لا تغلوا في دينكم غير الحق ولا تتبعوا اهواء قوم قد ضلوا من قبل واضلوا كثيرا وضلوا عن سواء السبيل ٧٧
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."
— Saheeh International
Say, “O People of the Book! Do not go to extremes in your faith beyond the truth, nor follow the vain desires of those who went astray before ˹you˺. They misled many and strayed from the Right Way.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the Religion
Allah 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. Allah said,
قُلْ
(Say) O Muhammad, to those from amon
…The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the Religion
Allah admonishes those who take up rivals with Him and worship the idols, monume
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