The Holy Quran 9:31 — Surah At-Tawbah

Arabic text

ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَـٰنَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا ۖ لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

Translation

They take their rabbis and their monks as gods besides Allaah (by accepting what they declare as Halaal or Haraam), and Maseeh the son of Maryam as well. However, they were commanded (in the Torah and the Injeel) to worship only the One Ilaah (Allaah). There is no Ilaah besides Him. He is Pure from all that they ascribe as partners to Him.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The state of the scholars and elders of the People of the Book: whatever ruling their scholars and elders laid down of their own accord, whether declaring the lawful unlawful or the unlawful lawful, they took that very thing as their authority, [thinking]: that is it, we are now free of blame before Allah.

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