سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 123
ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿123﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then, We have sent the revelation to you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم saying): "Follow the religion of Ibrâhîm (Abraham) Hanif (Islâmic Monotheism - to worship none but Allâh) and he was not of the Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters and disbelievers).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
أَوْحَيْنَآ
awḥaynā
We revealed
إِلَيْكَ
ilayka
to you
أَنِ
ani
that
ٱتَّبِعْ
ittabiʿ
You follow
مِلَّةَ
millata
(the) religion
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
(of) Ibrahim
حَنِيفًۭا ۖ
ḥanīfan
upright
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَانَ
kāna
he was
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
l-mush'rikīna
the polytheists
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
123. 1. The meaning of مِلَّۃَ is such a religion which Allah Almighty has, through one of His prophets, declared as suitable and necessary for people from the beginning. Even though the Prophet ﷺ is the leader of all the prophets and the children of Adam, he was commanded to follow the Millat of Ibrahim, which proves the distinctive and special virtue of Ibrahim (علیہ السلام). In such a principle, the Shariah and Millat of all the prophets have remained the same, in which, along with prophethood, monotheism and the Hereafter have a fundamental status.
