The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Page #60
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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
It is not (possible) that a man, to whom is given the Book, and Wisdom, and the prophetic office, should say to people: "Be ye my worshippers rather than Allah's": on the contrary (He would say) "Be ye worshippers of Him Who is truly the Cherisher of all: For ye have taught the Book and ye have studied it earnestly."
— Abdullah Yusufali
It does not behoove any human that Allah should give him the Book, judgement and prophethood, and then he should say to the people, ‘Be my servants instead of Allah.’ Rather [he would say], ‘Be a godly people, because of your teaching the Book and because of your studying it.’
