Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 79
مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَن يُؤْتِيَهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ لِلنَّاسِ كُونُوا۟ عِبَادًا لِّى مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَـٰكِن كُونُوا۟ رَبَّـٰنِيِّـۧنَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
It is not for a human [prophet] that Allāh should give him the Scripture and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allāh," 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."
Ali 'Imran · 3:79
Word by word
- مَاmāNot
- كَانَkānais
- لِبَشَرٍlibasharinfor a human
- أَنanthat
- يُؤْتِيَهُyu'tiyahugives him
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- وَٱلْحُكْمَwal-ḥuk'maand the wisdom
- وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَwal-nubuwataand the Prophethood
- ثُمَّthummathen
- يَقُولَyaqūlahe says
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the people
- كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
- عِبَادًۭاʿibādanworshippers
- لِّىlīof me
- مِنminfrom
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut (would say)
- كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
- رَبَّـٰنِيِّـۧنَrabbāniyyīnaworshippers of the Lord
- بِمَاbimābecause
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou have been
- تُعَلِّمُونَtuʿallimūnateaching
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- وَبِمَاwabimāand because
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou have been
- تَدْرُسُونَtadrusūnastudying (it)
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