Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 135
وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."
Al-Baqarah · 2:135
Word by word
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
- كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
- هُودًاhūdanJews
- أَوْawor
- نَصَـٰرَىٰnaṣārāChristians
- تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗtahtadū(then) you will be guided
- قُلْqulSay
- بَلْbalNay
- مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
- إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
- حَنِيفًۭا ۖḥanīfan(the) upright
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانَkānahe was
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathose who associated partners (with Allah)
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