Sura 3 Ali 'Imran (Family of Imran), ayah 79
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مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُ اللَّهُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ كُونُوا عِبَادًا لِي مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلَٰكِنْ كُونُوا رَبَّانِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَابَ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
Translation by words
- مَا
- Not
- كَانَ
- is
- لِبَشَرٍ
- for a human
- أَن
- that
- يُؤْتِيَهُ
- gives him
- ٱللَّهُ
- Allah
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
- the Book,
- وَٱلْحُكْمَ
- and the wisdom,
- وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ
- and the Prophethood,
- ثُمَّ
- then
- يَقُولَ
- he says
- لِلنَّاسِ
- to the people,
- كُونُوا۟
- "Be
- عِبَادًا
- worshippers
- لِّى
- of me
- مِن
- from
- دُونِ
- besides
- ٱللَّهِ
- Allah,
- وَلَٰكِن
- but (would say)
- كُونُوا۟
- "Be
- رَبَّٰنِيِّۦنَ
- worshippers of the Lord
- بِمَا
- because
- كُنتُمْ
- you have been
- تُعَلِّمُونَ
- teaching
- ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
- the Book
- وَبِمَا
- and because
- كُنتُمْ
- you have been
- تَدْرُسُونَ
- studying (it)."
It is not for a human (prophet) that Allah should give him the Scripture and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allah," 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."
3:79
Translation: Saheeh International