Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 77
قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّوا۟ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ
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."
Al-Ma'idah · 5:77
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- قُلْqulSay
- يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- لَاlā(Do) not
- تَغْلُوا۟taghlūexceed
- فِىfīin
- دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
- غَيْرَghayraother than
- ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟tattabiʿūfollow
- أَهْوَآءَahwāa(vain) desires
- قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
- قَدْqadcertainly
- ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūwho went astray
- مِنminfrom
- قَبْلُqablubefore
- وَأَضَلُّوا۟wa-aḍallūand they misled
- كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
- وَضَلُّوا۟waḍallūand they have strayed
- عَنʿanfrom
- سَوَآءِsawāi(the) right
- ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli[the] way
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