The Jews said, "Ezra is God's son," and the Nazarenes said, "The Messiah is God's son." Such is their utterances with their mouths; they imitate the sayings of those who rejected before them. God's curse be on them. How deviated are they!
Translation endnotes
[9:30-31] The system of islam belongs to God alone (98:5). Accepting the fatwas of this or that cleric as islam is setting up partners with God. See 42:21. Also, see 2:59; 2:79; 5:41-44.