The Holy Quran 5:77 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّوا۟ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

Translation

Say, "O Ahlul Kitaab! Do not commit excesses (exceed the bounds) in your religion (do not overstep the limits by regarding Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام as Allaah) and do not follow the wishes (baseless views) of a nation (your forefathers) who were astray, who led many astray and who strayed from the straight path (of Towheed)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The excess of the Christians in religion: exaggeration in belief is that they made a human being born of a mother into a god, and excess in practice is what is called monasticism. وَرَهْبَانِيَّةَ ابْتَدَعُوْهَا مَا كَتَبْنٰهَا عَلَيْهِمْ (“They invented monasticism, which We did not ordain for them”) (Surah Al-Hadid, ruku' (section) 4).

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