Quran 5:77 — Al-Maaida, verse 77
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُوا فِي دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا أَهْوَاءَ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّوا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّوا عَنْ سَوَاءِ السَّبِيلِ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'People of the Book, go not beyond the bounds in your religion, other than the truth, and follow not the caprices of a people who went astray before, and led astray many, and now again have gone astray from the right way.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "O followers of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs; and do not follow the errant views of people who have gone astray aforetime, and have led many [others] astray, and are still straying from the right path."
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla | O People | أهل |
| 3 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 4 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 5 | تَغْلُوا۟taghlū | exceed | غلو |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | دِينِكُمْdīnikum | your religion | دين |
| 8 | غَيْرَghayra | other than | غير |
| 9 | ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi | the truth | حقق |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 11 | تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟tattabiʿū | follow | تبع |
| 12 | أَهْوَآءَahwāa | (vain) desires | هوي |
| 13 | قَوْمٍۢqawmin | (of) a people | قوم |
| 14 | قَدْqad | certainly | — |
| 15 | ضَلُّوا۟ḍallū | who went astray | ضلل |
| 16 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 17 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 18 | وَأَضَلُّوا۟wa-aḍallū | and they misled | ضلل |
| 19 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | many | كثر |
| 20 | وَضَلُّوا۟waḍallū | and they have strayed | ضلل |
| 21 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 22 | سَوَآءِsawāi | (the) right | سوي |
| 23 | ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli | [the] way | سبل |