Eternal Words 3-Sura-'Al-i-'Imran Verse80
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(80) وَلاَ يَأْمُرَكُمْ أَن تَتَّخِذُواْ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ وَالنِّبِيِّيْنَ أَرْبَابًا أَيَأْمُرُكُم بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ أَنتُم مُّسْلِمُونَ
80. " And neither would he enjoin you that you should take the angels and the prophets for lords. What! Would he enjoin you with infidelity after you have been Muslims ? "
Commentary :
This verse is a complementary meaning to what was said in the previous verse. It indicates that prophets did not invite people to their worship, nor invited them to worship angels nor other prophets. It says:
" And neither would he enjoin you that you should take the angels and the prophets for lords. ..."
This sentence, on one side, is a reply to the Arab pagans who considered the angels as the daughters of God and believed a kind of divinity for them, while they introduced themselves among the followers of the religion of Abraham.
On the other side, it is a respond to Sabians who counted themselves the followers of John, but promoted the rank of the angels to the extent of worship.
It is also an answer to the Jews and the Christians who introduced Ezra and Jesus the son of God.
And, at the end of the verse, the Qur'an says:
"... What! Would he enjoin you with infidelity after you have been Muslims ? "
That is, how is it possible that there comes a prophet and begins inviting people to Faith and monotheism, but afterward he leads them to the path of polytheism ?
By the way, the verse implies the immaculateness of prophets and that they did not swerve from the path towards the obedience of Allah.
