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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 67
مَا كَانَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُّسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿67﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Ibrâhîm (Abraham) was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a true Muslim Hanîfa (Islâmic Monotheism - to worship none but Allâh Alone) and he was not of Al-Mushrikûn (See V.2:105).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
مَا
mā
Not
كَانَ
kāna
was
إِبْرَٰهِيمُ
ib'rāhīmu
Ibrahim
يَهُودِيًّۭا
yahūdiyyan
a Jew
وَلَا
walā
and not
نَصْرَانِيًّۭا
naṣrāniyyan
a Christian
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
[and] but
كَانَ
kāna
he was
حَنِيفًۭا
ḥanīfan
a true
مُّسْلِمًۭا
mus'liman
Muslim
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَانَ
kāna
he was
مِنَ
mina
from
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.
67. 1. Pure Muslim. That is, free from shirk and worshipper of only the One God.
