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In Night 15 of our Ramadan 1447 series “The Making of an Ummah,” we continued exploring how the Qur’an trains this Ummah through the history of the nations that came before us.

After reflecting on the Bani Isra’il and the dangers of selective obedience and distortion of divine guidance, we turned to another important lesson the Qur’an repeatedly highlights through the Christians (Nasara).

Their deviation was different.

It was not the manipulation of divine law.

It was exaggeration in religion.

Allah warns:

يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُوا فِي دِينِكُمْ وَلَا تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْحَقَّ

“O People of the Book, do not exaggerate in your religion and do not say about Allah except the truth.”
(Surah al-Nisa 4:171)

Exaggeration in religion often begins with sincere love and reverence. But when devotion loses the boundaries set by revelation, it can lead to serious deviation.

The Qur’an also reminds us that some followers of Jesus invented forms of spirituality that were never prescribed by Allah:

وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ

“Monasticism — they invented it; We did not prescribe it for them.”
(Surah al-Hadid 57:27)

The lesson for this Ummah is clear.

Sincerity alone is not enough. True devotion must remain within the guidance of revelation.

Islam does not call us to cold legalism, nor to uncontrolled spiritual excess. Rather, Allah has made this Ummah a balanced nation.

This Ramadan series traces the Qur’anic lessons that shape a community capable of carrying divine guidance and standing as a moral witness before humanity.