ٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ أَحۡبَارَهُمۡ وَرُهۡبَٰنَهُمۡ أَرۡبَابٗا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمَسِيحَ ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓاْ إِلَّا لِيَعۡبُدُوٓاْ إِلَٰهٗا وَٰحِدٗاۖ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۚ سُبۡحَٰنَهُۥ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُونَ ٣١
Ittakhadhū ahbārahum waruhbānahum arbābam min dūnillāhi wal-masīhabna maryama wamā umirū illā liya'budū ilāhan wāhidal lā ilāha illā huwa subhānahū 'ammā yushrikūn
They have taken their scholars and monks as lords besides Allāh,467 and [also] the Messiah, the son of Mary.468 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.
Footnotes
467 By their obedience to them rather than to what Allāh ordained.
468 By their worship of him in conjunction with Allāh.