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مَا كَانَ لِبَشَرٍ اَنْ يُّؤْتِيَهُ اللّٰهُ الْكِتٰبَ وَالْحُكْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُوْلَ لِلنَّاسِ كُوْنُوْا عِبَادًا لِّيْ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ وَلٰكِنْ كُوْنُوْا رَبَّانِيّٖنَ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تُعَلِّمُوْنَ الْكِتٰبَ وَبِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَدْرُسُوْنَ ۙ  ( آل عمران: ٧٩ )

مَا
Not
kāna
كَانَ
is
libasharin
لِبَشَرٍ
for a human
an
أَن
that
yu'tiyahu
يُؤْتِيَهُ
gives him
l-lahu
ٱللَّهُ
Allah
l-kitāba
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
the Book
wal-ḥuk'ma
وَٱلْحُكْمَ
and the wisdom
wal-nubuwata
وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ
and the Prophethood
thumma
ثُمَّ
then
yaqūla
يَقُولَ
he says
lilnnāsi
لِلنَّاسِ
to the people
kūnū
كُونُوا۟
"Be
ʿibādan
عِبَادًا
worshippers
لِّى
of me
min
مِن
from
dūni
دُونِ
besides
l-lahi
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
walākin
وَلَٰكِن
but (would say)
kūnū
كُونُوا۟
"Be
rabbāniyyīna
رَبَّٰنِيِّۦنَ
worshippers of the Lord
bimā
بِمَا
because
kuntum
كُنتُمْ
you have been
tuʿallimūna
تُعَلِّمُونَ
teaching
l-kitāba
ٱلْكِتَٰبَ
the Book
wabimā
وَبِمَا
and because
kuntum
كُنتُمْ
you have been
tadrusūna
تَدْرُسُونَ
studying (it)"

Maa kaana libasharin ai yu'tiyahul laahul Kitaaba walhukma wan Nubuwwata summa yaqoola linnaasi koonoo 'ibaadal lee min doonil laahi wa laakin koonoo rabbaaniy yeena bimaa kuntum tu'allimoonal Kitaaba wa bimaa kuntum tadrusoon (ʾĀl ʿImrān 3:79)

Sahih International:

It is not for a human [prophet] that Allah should give him the Scripture and authority and prophethood and then he would say to the people, "Be servants to me rather than Allah," but [instead, he would say], "Be pious scholars of the Lord because of what you have taught of the Scripture and because of what you have studied." (Ali 'Imran [3] : 79)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

It is not (possible) for a man that Allah gives him the Book, the wisdom and the prophethood, then he starts saying to the people “Become my worshippers, aside from Allah” rather, (he would say), “Be men of the Lord; as you have been teaching the Book, and as you have been learning it.”