Quran 4:171 — An-Nisaa, verse 171
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People of the Book, do not go to excess in your religion, and do not say anything about God except the truth: the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, was nothing more than a messenger of God, His word, directed to Mary, a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers and do not speak of a ‘Trinity’- stop [this], that is better for you- God is only one God, He is far above having a son, everything in the heavens and earth belongs to Him and He is the best one to trust.
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُوا فِي دِينِكُمْ وَلَا تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْحَقَّ ۚ إِنَّمَا الْمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقَاهَا إِلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ وَرُوحٌ مِنْهُ ۖ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ ۖ وَلَا تَقُولُوا ثَلَاثَةٌ ۚ انْتَهُوا خَيْرًا لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا اللَّهُ إِلَـٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۖ سُبْحَانَهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ ۘ لَهُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا
yāahla l-kitābi lā taghlū fī dīnikum walā taqūlū ʿalā l-lahi illā l-ḥaqa innamā l-masīḥu ʿīsā ub'nu maryama rasūlu l-lahi wakalimatuhu alqāhā ilā maryama warūḥun min'hu faāminū bil-lahi warusulihi walā taqūlū thalāthatun intahū khayran lakum innamā l-lahu ilāhun wāḥidun sub'ḥānahu an yakūna lahu waladun lahu mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wakafā bil-lahi wakīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, and say not as to God but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only the Messenger of God, and His Word that He committed to Mary, and a Spirit from Him. So believe in God and His Messengers, and say not, 'Three.' Refrain; better is it for you. God is only One God. Glory be to Him -- That He should have a son! To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth; God suffices for a guardian.
- Muhammad Asad
- O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God.
- Sahih International
- O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allāh except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, was but a messenger of Allāh and His word which He directed to Mary and a soul [created at a command] from Him. So believe in Allāh and His messengers. And do not say, "Three"; desist - it is better for you. Indeed, Allāh is but one God. Exalted is He above having a son. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And sufficient is Allāh as Disposer of affairs.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla | O People | أهل |
| 2 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 3 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 4 | تَغْلُوا۟taghlū | commit excess | غلو |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | دِينِكُمْdīnikum | your religion | دين |
| 7 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 8 | تَقُولُوا۟taqūlū | say | قول |
| 9 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | ٱلْحَقَّ ۚl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 13 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 14 | ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥu | the Messiah | — |
| 15 | عِيسَىʿīsā | Isa | — |
| 16 | ٱبْنُub'nu | son | بني |
| 17 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 18 | رَسُولُrasūlu | (was) a Messenger | رسل |
| 19 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَكَلِمَتُهُۥٓwakalimatuhu | and His word | كلم |
| 21 | أَلْقَىٰهَآalqāhā | which He conveyed | لقي |
| 22 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 23 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | Maryam | — |
| 24 | وَرُوحٌۭwarūḥun | and a spirit | روح |
| 25 | مِّنْهُ ۖmin'hu | from Him | — |
| 26 | فَـَٔامِنُوا۟faāminū | So believe | أمن |
| 27 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 28 | وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۖwarusulihi | and His Messengers | رسل |
| 29 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 30 | تَقُولُوا۟taqūlū | say | قول |
| 31 | ثَلَـٰثَةٌ ۚthalāthatun | Three | ثلث |
| 32 | ٱنتَهُوا۟intahū | desist | نهي |
| 33 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | (it is) better | خير |
| 34 | لَّكُمْ ۚlakum | for you | — |
| 35 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 36 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 37 | إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun | (is) God | أله |
| 38 | وَٰحِدٌۭ ۖwāḥidun | One | وحد |
| 39 | سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥٓsub'ḥānahu | Glory be to Him | سبح |
| 40 | أَنan | That | — |
| 41 | يَكُونَyakūna | He (should) have | كون |
| 42 | لَهُۥlahu | for Him | — |
| 43 | وَلَدٌۭ ۘwaladun | a son | ولد |
| 44 | لَّهُۥlahu | To Him (belongs) | — |
| 45 | مَاmā | whatever | — |
| 46 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 47 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 48 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 49 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 50 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 51 | وَكَفَىٰwakafā | And is sufficient | كفي |
| 52 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 53 | وَكِيلًۭاwakīlan | (as) a Disposer of affairs | وكل |