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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread) · Ayah 77

قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا تَغْلُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ وَأَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّوا۟ عَن سَوَآءِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ 77

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."

قُلْqulSay
يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لَا(Do) not
تَغْلُوا۟taghlūexceed
فِىin
دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
غَيْرَghayraother than
ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوٓا۟tattabiʿūfollow
أَهْوَآءَahwāa(vain) desires
قَوْمٍۢqawmin(of) a people
قَدْqadcertainly
ضَلُّوا۟ḍallūwho went astray
مِنminfrom
قَبْلُqablubefore
وَأَضَلُّوا۟wa-aḍallūand they misled
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
وَضَلُّوا۟waḍallūand they have strayed
عَنʿanfrom
سَوَآءِsawāi(the) right
ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli[the] way
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