Quran 9:31 — At-Tawba, verse 31
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They take their rabbis and their monks as lords, as well as Christ, the son of Mary. But they were commanded to serve only one God: there is no god but Him; He is far above whatever they set up as His partners!
اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلَـٰهًا وَاحِدًا ۖ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
ittakhadhū aḥbārahum waruh'bānahum arbāban min dūni l-lahi wal-masīḥa ib'na maryama wamā umirū illā liyaʿbudū ilāhan wāḥidan lā ilāha illā huwa sub'ḥānahu ʿammā yush'rikūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They have taken their rabbis and their monks as lords apart from God, and the Messiah, Mary's son -- and they were commanded to serve but One God; there is no god but He; glory be to Him, above that they associate --
- Muhammad Asad
- They have taken their rabbis and their monks-as well as the Christ, son of Mary-for their lords beside God, although they had been bidden to worship none but the One God, save whom there is no deity: the One who is utterly remote, in His limitless glory, from anything to which they may ascribe a share in His divinity!
- Sahih International
- They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allāh, and [also] the Messiah, the son of Mary. And they were not commanded except to worship one God; there is no deity except Him. Exalted is He above whatever they associate with Him.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhū | They have taken | أخذ |
| 2 | أَحْبَارَهُمْaḥbārahum | their rabbis | حبر |
| 3 | وَرُهْبَـٰنَهُمْwaruh'bānahum | and their monks | رهب |
| 4 | أَرْبَابًۭاarbāban | (as) Lords | ربب |
| 5 | مِّنmin | besides | — |
| 6 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَٱلْمَسِيحَwal-masīḥa | and the Messiah | — |
| 9 | ٱبْنَib'na | son | بني |
| 10 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 11 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 12 | أُمِرُوٓا۟umirū | they were commanded | أمر |
| 13 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 14 | لِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟liyaʿbudū | that they worship | عبد |
| 15 | إِلَـٰهًۭاilāhan | One God | أله |
| 16 | وَٰحِدًۭا ۖwāḥidan | One God | وحد |
| 17 | لَّآlā | (There) is no | — |
| 18 | إِلَـٰهَilāha | god | أله |
| 19 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 20 | هُوَ ۚhuwa | Him | — |
| 21 | سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥsub'ḥānahu | Glory be to Him | سبح |
| 22 | عَمَّاʿammā | from what | — |
| 23 | يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūna | they associate (with Him) | شرك |