Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:77

5:77

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

qul yāahla l-kitābi lā taghlū fī dīnikum ghayra l-ḥaqi walā tattabiʿū ahwāa qawmin qad ḍallū min qablu wa-aḍallū kathīran waḍallū ʿan sawāi l-sabīli

Say, "O People of the Scripture, do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the inclinations of a people who had gone astray before and misled many and have strayed from the soundness of the way."

— Saheeh International

Say, ‘People of the Book, do not overstep the bounds of truth in your religion and do not follow the whims of those who went astray before you- they led many others astray and themselves continue to stray from the even path.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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."

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

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Word by Word

قُلْqulSay
يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لَاlā(Do) not
تَغْلُوا۟taghlūexceed
فِىfīin
دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
غَيْرَghayraother than
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟tattabiʿūfollow
أَهْوَآءَahwāa(vain) desires
قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
قَدْqadcertainly
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūwho went astray
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
وَأَضَلُّوا۟wa-aḍallūand they misled
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
وَضَلُّوا۟waḍallūand they have strayed
عَنʿanfrom
سَوَآءِsawāi(the) right
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli[the] way