Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:79

3:79

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

mā kāna libasharin an yu'tiyahu l-lahu l-kitāba wal-ḥuk'ma wal-nubuwata thumma yaqūla lilnnāsi kūnū ʿibādan lī min dūni l-lahi walākin kūnū rabbāniyyīna bimā kuntum tuʿallimūna l-kitāba wabimā kuntum tadrusūna

It is not for a human [prophet] that Allāh should give him the Scripture and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allāh," but [instead, he would say], "Be pious scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Scripture and because of what you have studied."

— Saheeh International

No person to whom God had given the Scripture, wisdom, and prophethood would ever say to people, ‘Be my servants, not God’s.’ [He would say], ‘You should be devoted to God because you have taught the Scripture and studied it closely.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

It is not (possible) for any human being to whom Allâh has given the Book and Al-Hukm (the knowledge and understanding of the laws of religion) and Prophethood to say to the people: "Be my worshippers rather than Allâh’s." On the contrary (he would say): "Be you Rabbâniyyûn (learned men of religion who practise what they know and also preach others), because you are teaching the Book, and you are studying it."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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مَاmāNot
كَانَkānais
لِبَشَرٍlibasharinfor a human
أَنanthat
يُؤْتِيَهُyu'tiyahugives him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
وَٱلْحُكْمَwal-ḥuk'maand the wisdom
وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَwal-nubuwataand the Prophethood
ثُمَّthummathen
يَقُولَyaqūlahe says
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the people
كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
عِبَادًۭاʿibādanworshippers
لِّىlīof me
مِنminfrom
دُونِdūnibesides
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut (would say)
كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
رَبَّـٰنِيِّـۧنَrabbāniyyīnaworshippers of the Lord
بِمَاbimābecause
كُنتُمْkuntumyou have been
تُعَلِّمُونَtuʿallimūnateaching
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
وَبِمَاwabimāand because
كُنتُمْkuntumyou have been
تَدْرُسُونَtadrusūnastudying (it)