The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Āl ‘Imrān (Imran's Folk)
آلِ عِمْرَان
3:79
مَا
كَانَ
لِبَشَرٍ
أَن
يُؤْتِيَهُ
اللَّهُ
الْكِتَابَ
وَالْحُكْمَ
وَالنُّبُوَّةَ
ثُمَّ
يَقُولَ
لِلنَّاسِ
كُونُوا
عِبَادًا
لِّي
مِن
دُونِ
اللَّهِ
وَلَكِن
كُونُوا
رَبَّانِيِّينَ
بِمَا
كُنتُمْ
تُعَلِّمُونَ
الْكِتَابَ
وَبِمَا
كُنتُمْ
تَدْرُسُونَ
mā kāna li-basharin ʾan yuʾtiyahu llāhu l-kitāba wa-l-ḥukma wa-n-nubuwwata thumma yaqūla li-n-nāsi kūnū ʿibādan lī min dūni llāhi wa-lākin kūnū rabbāniyyīna bi-mā kuntum tuʿallimūna l-kitāba wa-bi-mā kuntum tadrusūna
God would never give the Book, authority, or prophesy to any person who would tell others to be his servants instead of being the servants of God. He would rather tell them to worship God for they had been teaching and studying the Book.