The Holy Quran 5:63 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

لَوْلَا يَنْهَىٰهُمُ ٱلرَّبَّـٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ عَن قَوْلِهِمُ ٱلْإِثْمَ وَأَكْلِهِمُ ٱلسُّحْتَ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

Translation

Why do the pious ones (from among them) and (their) Rabbis (scholars) not prohibit them from their sinful speech and (from) devouring the unlawful? Evil indeed is that which they (the pious and Rabbis) carry out (by not prohibiting the people from doing wrong).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A rebuke to the Jewish scholars: when Allah destroys a people, its common folk become immersed in sins and disobedience, and its elite, that is, its devotees and scholars, become dumb devils. This is exactly what happened to the Children of Israel: the people in general, absorbed in worldly pleasures and desires, forgot the greatness and majesty of Almighty…

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