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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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مَا كَانَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّۭا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّۭا وَلَٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًۭا مُّسْلِمًۭا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ﴿٦٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the polytheists.

Word-by-word meaning

مَاNot
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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Disputing with the Jews and Christians About the Religion of IbrahimAllah censures the Jews and Christians for their dispute with Muslims over Ibrahim Al-Khalil and the claim each group made that he was one of them. Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "The Christians of Najran and Jewish rabbis gathered before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and disputed in front of him. The rabbis said, `Ibrahim was certainly Jewish.' The Christians said, `Certainly, Ibrahim was Christian.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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