Al-Ma'idah 5:77 قل يا اهل الكتاب لا تغلوا في دينكم غير الحق ولا تتبعوا اهواء قوم قد ضلوا من قبل واضلوا كثيرا وضلوا عن سواء السبيل ٧٧
قُلۡ
يَٰٓأَهۡلَ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
لَا
تَغۡلُواْ
فِي
دِينِكُمۡ
غَيۡرَ
ٱلۡحَقِّ
وَلَا
تَتَّبِعُوٓاْ
أَهۡوَآءَ
قَوۡمٖ
قَدۡ
ضَلُّواْ
مِن
قَبۡلُ
وَأَضَلُّواْ
كَثِيرٗا
وَضَلُّواْ
عَن
سَوَآءِ
ٱلسَّبِيلِ
٧٧
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Exceed not the limits in your religion (by believing in something) other than the truth, and do not follow the vain desires of people who went astray before and who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the Right Path."
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the Religion
Allah admonishes those who take up rivals with Him and worship the idols, monuments and false deities. Allah states that such false deities do not deserve any degree of Divinity. Allah said,
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(Say) O Muhammad, to those from amon
…The Prohibition of Shirk (Polytheism) and Exaggeration in the Religion
Allah admonishes those who take up rivals with Him and worship the idols, monume
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