Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 67
مَا كَانَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُّسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allāh]. And he was not of the polytheists.
Ali 'Imran · 3:67
Word by word
- مَاmāNot
- كَانَkānawas
- إِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
- يَهُودِيًّۭاyahūdiyyana Jew
- وَلَاwalāand not
- نَصْرَانِيًّۭاnaṣrāniyyana Christian
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
- كَانَkānahe was
- حَنِيفًۭاḥanīfana true
- مُّسْلِمًۭاmus'limanMuslim
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانَkānahe was
- مِنَminafrom
- ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists
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