التوبة
At-Tawbah
Surah 9
Verse 31
التوبة
The Repentance • madinah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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English - Short Commentary Translation
English - Topics
9:31
ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَٰنَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا ۖ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
They have taken their learned men and their monks for lords beside Allah. And so have they taken the Messiah, son of Mary. And they were not commanded but to worship the One God. There is no God but He. Too Holy is He for what they associate with Him!
English - Five Volume Translation
They have taken their learned men and their monks for lords beside Allah. And so have they taken the Messiah, son of Mary. And [a]they were not commanded but to worship the One God. There is no God but He. Too Holy is He for what they associate with Him![1191]
12:41; 17:24; 98:6.
Important Words:
For احبار (learned men) and رھبان (monks) see 5:45 and 5:83 respectively.
Commentary:
احبار (learned men) belonged to Jews and رھبان (monks) to Christians. Both these people virtually looked upon their religious leaders as so many gods besides the true God.
English - Short Commentary Translation
They have taken their priests and their monks[1177] for lords besides Allah. And so have they taken the Messiah, son of Mary. And [a]they were not commanded but to worship the One God. There is no god but He. Holy is He far above what they associate with Him!
12:41; 17:24; 98:6.
Ahbar are Jewish savants and Ruhban Christian monks.