قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُواْ فِي دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّSay:"O People of the Scripture! Exceed not the limits in your religion beyond the truth,Meaning:Do not exceed the limits concerning the truth and exaggeration in praising whom you were commanded to honor. You exaggerated in 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.وَلَا تَتَّبِعُواْ أَهْوَاء قَوْمٍ قَدْ ضَلُّواْ مِن قَبْلُand 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,وَأَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرًا وَضَلُّواْ عَن سَوَاء السَّبِيلِand who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the right path.deviated from the straight path, to the path of misguidance and deviation