1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

his case and elevated him from the rank of
Prophet to the rank of a god. You did this with
`Isa, who was a Prophet, yet you claimed that he
is god besides Allah.
وَلاَ‏ تَت َّبِعُواْ‏ أَهْوَاء قَوْمٍ‏ قَدْ‏ ضَل ُّواْ‏ مِن قَبْلُ‏ ...
and do not follow the vain desires of people who went
astray before...
This error occurred because you followed your
teachers, the advocates of misguidance who
came before your time and who,
وَأَضَل ُّواْ‏ آَثِيرًا وَضَل ُّواْ‏ عَن سَوَاء الس َّبِيلِ‏ ﴿٧٧ ﴾
...and who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from
the right path.
deviated from the straight path, to the path of
misguidance and deviation.
...
...
لُعِنَ‏ ال َّذِینَ‏ آَفَرُواْ‏ مِن بَنِى إِسْرَءِیلَ‏ عَلَى لِسَانِ‏ دَاوُودَ‏
وَعِيسَى ابْنِ‏ مَرْیَمَ‏ ذلِكَ‏ بِمَا عَصَوْا و َّآَانُواْ‏ یَعْتَدُونَ‏
5:78 Those among the Children of Israel who
disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of Dawud
and `Isa, son of Maryam. That was because they
disobeyed (Allah and the Messengers) and were
ever transgressing (beyond the bounds).
آَانُواْ‏ لاَ‏ یَتَنَهَوْنَ‏ عَن م ُّنكَرٍ‏ فَعَلُوهُ‏
5:79 They used not to forbid one another from the
evil they committed.
لَبِئْسَ‏ مَا آَانُواْ‏ یَفْعَلُونَ‏
Vile indeed was what they used to do.
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