The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:77
قُلْ
يَاأَهْلَ
الْكِتَابِ
لَا
تَغْلُوا
فِي
دِينِكُمْ
غَيْرَ
الْحَقِّ
وَلَا
تَتَّبِعُوا
أَهْوَاءَ
قَوْمٍ
قَدْ
ضَلُّوا
مِن
قَبْلُ
وَأَضَلُّوا
كَثِيرًا
وَضَلُّوا
عَن
سَوَاءِ
السَّبِيلِ
qul yā-ʾahla l-kitābi lā taghlū fī dīnikum ghayra l-ḥaqqi wa-lā tattabiʿū ʾahwāʾa qawmin qad ḍallū min qablu wa-ʾaḍallū kathīran wa-ḍallū ʿan sawāʾi s-sabīli
Say to the People of the Book, "Do not wrongly exceed the proper limit of devotion to your religion or follow the desires of the people who have erred. They have misled many others and have themselves stayed far away from the right path.