Quran 3:80 Surah Al Imran ayat 80 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿وَلَا يَأْمُرَكُمْ أَن تَتَّخِذُوا الْمَلَائِكَةَ وَالنَّبِيِّينَ أَرْبَابًا ۗ أَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ﴾
[ آل عمران: 80]
3:80 Nor could he order you to take the angels and prophets as lords. Would he order you to disbelief after you had been Muslims?
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Quran 3:80 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
He would never order you read lā ya’murukum to denote a new clause meaning ‘God would not order you’; or if read lā ya’murakum it would be a supplement to yaqūla ‘he should say’ meaning ‘it belongs not that… a mortal should order you’; to take the angels and the prophets as lords in the way that the Sabaeans have taken the angels the Jews Ezra and the Christians Jesus. Would He order you to disbelieve after you have submitted? He would not do this.
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
Allah does not ordain that you take the angels and the Prophets as tutelary deities. Would he command you to deny Him after you have conformed your will to His blessed will and accepted His divine system of faith and worship
Quran 3:80 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
No Prophet Ever Called People to Worship him or to Worship Other Than Allah
This Ayah 3:79 means, it is not for a person whom Allah has given the Book, knowledge in the Law and prophethood to proclaim to the people, "Worship me instead of Allah," meaning, along with Allah.
If this is not the right of a Prophet or a Messenger, then indeed, it is not the right of anyone else to issue such a claim.
This criticism refers to the ignorant rabbis, priests and teachers of misguidance, unlike the Messengers and their sincere knowledgeable followers who implement their knowledge; for they only command what Allah commands them, as their honorable Messengers conveyed to them.
They also forbid what Allah forbade for them, by the words of His honorable Messengers.
The Messengers, may Allah's peace and blessings be on all of them, are the emissaries between Allah and His creation, conveying Allah's Message and Trust.
The messengers indeed fulfilled their mission, gave sincere advice to creation and conveyed the truth to them.
Allah's statement,
وَلَـكِن كُونُواْ رَبَّـنِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَـبَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
( On the contrary (he would say ), "Be you Rabbaniyyun, because you are teaching the Book, and you are studying it.") means, the Messenger recommends the people to be Rabbaniyyun.
Ibn `Abbas, Abu Razin and several others said that Rabbaniyyun means, "Wise, learned, and forbearing." Ad-Dahhak commented concerning Allah's statement,
بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَـبَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
( because you are teaching the Book, and you are studying it. ) "Whoever learns the Qur'an deserves to become a Faqih ( learned )."
وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
( and you are studying it ), preserving its words.
Allah then said,
وَلاَ يَأْمُرَكُمْ أَن تَتَّخِذُواْ الْمَلَـئِكَةَ وَالنَّبِيِّيْنَ أَرْبَابًا
( Nor would he order you to take angels and Prophets for lords. ) The Prophet does not command worshipping other than Allah, whether a sent Messenger or an angel.
أَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
( Would he order you to disbelieve after you have submitted to Allah's will ) meaning, he would not do that, for whoever calls to worshipping other than Allah, will have called to Kufr.
The Prophets only call to Iman which commands worshipping Allah Alone without partners.
Allah said in other Ayat,
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ نُوحِى إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ أَنَاْ فَاعْبُدُونِ
( And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad ) but We revealed to him ( saying ): "None has the right to be worshipped but I, so worship Me".) 21:25,
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الْطَّـغُوتَ
( And verily, We have sent among every Ummah a Messenger (proclaiming ): "Worship Allah ( Alone ), and avoid Taghut ( all false deities ).") 16:36, and,
وَاسْئلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ الرَّحْمَـنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ
( And ask those of Our Messengers whom We sent before you: "Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Most Gracious (Allah )") 43:45
Allah said concerning the angels,
وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّى إِلَـهٌ مِّن دُونِهِ فَذلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الظَّـلِمِينَ
( And if any of them should say: "Verily, I am a god besides Him (Allah )," such a one We should recompense with Hell.
Thus We recompense the wrongdoers.) 21:29.
Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(3:80) He will never enjoin you to take the angels or Prophets for your lords. Will he enjoin upon you unbelief when you have submitted yourselves to Allah? *68
Nor could he order you to take meaning
*68).
This refutation is directed at all the false concepts which were attributed to the Messengers of God by various nations, and then made an integral part of the religious scriptures.
These concepts were false in that they elevated either the Prophets or the angels to the level of deities
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
No Prophet Ever Called People to Worship him or to Worship Other Than Allah
This Ayah 3:79 means, it is not for a person whom Allah has given the Book, knowledge in the Law and prophethood to proclaim to the people, "Worship me instead of Allah," meaning, along with Allah.
If this is not the right of a Prophet or a Messenger, then indeed, it is not the right of anyone else to issue such a claim.
This criticism refers to the ignorant rabbis, priests and teachers of misguidance, unlike the Messengers and their sincere knowledgeable followers who implement their knowledge; for they only command what Allah commands them, as their honorable Messengers conveyed to them.
They also forbid what Allah forbade for them, by the words of His honorable Messengers.
The Messengers, may Allah's peace and blessings be on all of them, are the emissaries between Allah and His creation, conveying Allah's Message and Trust.
The messengers indeed fulfilled their mission, gave sincere advice to creation and conveyed the truth to them.
Allah's statement,
وَلَـكِن كُونُواْ رَبَّـنِيِّينَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَـبَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
( On the contrary (he would say ), "Be you Rabbaniyyun, because you are teaching the Book, and you are studying it.") means, the Messenger recommends the people to be Rabbaniyyun.
Ibn `Abbas, Abu Razin and several others said that Rabbaniyyun means, "Wise, learned, and forbearing." Ad-Dahhak commented concerning Allah's statement,
بِمَا كُنتُمْ تُعَلِّمُونَ الْكِتَـبَ وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
( because you are teaching the Book, and you are studying it. ) "Whoever learns the Qur'an deserves to become a Faqih ( learned )."
وَبِمَا كُنتُمْ تَدْرُسُونَ
( and you are studying it ), preserving its words.
Allah then said,
وَلاَ يَأْمُرَكُمْ أَن تَتَّخِذُواْ الْمَلَـئِكَةَ وَالنَّبِيِّيْنَ أَرْبَابًا
( Nor would he order you to take angels and Prophets for lords. ) The Prophet does not command worshipping other than Allah, whether a sent Messenger or an angel.
أَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
( Would he order you to disbelieve after you have submitted to Allah's will ) meaning, he would not do that, for whoever calls to worshipping other than Allah, will have called to Kufr.
The Prophets only call to Iman which commands worshipping Allah Alone without partners.
Allah said in other Ayat,
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ نُوحِى إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَـهَ إِلاَّ أَنَاْ فَاعْبُدُونِ
( And We did not send any Messenger before you (O Muhammad ) but We revealed to him ( saying ): "None has the right to be worshipped but I, so worship Me".) 21:25,
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الْطَّـغُوتَ
( And verily, We have sent among every Ummah a Messenger (proclaiming ): "Worship Allah ( Alone ), and avoid Taghut ( all false deities ).") 16:36, and,
وَاسْئلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ الرَّحْمَـنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ
( And ask those of Our Messengers whom We sent before you: "Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Most Gracious (Allah )") 43:45
Allah said concerning the angels,
وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّى إِلَـهٌ مِّن دُونِهِ فَذلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الظَّـلِمِينَ
( And if any of them should say: "Verily, I am a god besides Him (Allah )," such a one We should recompense with Hell.
Thus We recompense the wrongdoers.) 21:29.
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( And he commanded you ) O people of the Quraysh, Jews and Christians ( not that ye should take the angels ) as daughters of Allah ( and the Prophets for lords. Would he command you to disbelieve ) how could Abraham command you to follow disbelief ( after ye had surrendered (to Allah )) after he commanded you to follow Islam ( completely Surrendering to Allah ), saying to you: ( Lo! Allah hath chosen for you the (true ) Religion; therefore die not save as men who have surrendered [ 2:132 ]). Allah says here: Allah has not sent a Messenger except that He commanded him to follow Islam and not Judaism, Christianity or the worship of idols, as these unbelievers claim. It is also said that this verse was revealed about the claims of the Jews that Muhammad commanded them to love him and worship him as the Christians worshipped Jesus. The Christians and idolaters also made the same claim.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
Nor would he order you to take angels and Prophets for lords (gods). Would he order you to disbelieve after you have submitted to Allah's Will? (Tafsir At-Tabari).
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