The Holy Quran 3:79 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

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

Translation

It is not possible that Allaah gives any human a Book, wisdom (a Shariah) and Nubuwwah (Prophethood), and then he (the Prophet) says to the people, "Leave Allaah and worship me." He (the prophet) would rather say, "Become the people of your Rabb (devoted to Him only and calling others towards Him) because you are teaching the Book and because you are studying it (Become scholars, doctors, jurists, saints by studying and teaching the Qur'aan)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

On the sinlessness of the Prophet ﷺ: in the presence of the Najran delegation some Jews and Christians said: “O Muhammad ﷺ! Do you want us to start worshipping you in the same way as the Christians worship Isa son of Maryam ﵇?” He ﷺ said: “Allah forbid that we should worship anyone other than Allah or call others to that!

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