سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْعَامِ

Surah Al-An'aam (6) — Ayah 161

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قُلْ إِنَّنِى هَدَىٰنِى رَبِّىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴿161﴾
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Truly, my Lord has guided me to a Straight Path, a right religion, the religion of Ibrâhîm (Abraham), Hanîfa [i.e. the true Islâmic Monotheism - to believe in One God (Allâh i.e. to worship none but Allâh, Alone)] and he was not of Al-Mushrikûn (See V.2:105)."
قُلْ qul Say
إِنَّنِى innanī Indeed (as for) me
هَدَىٰنِى hadānī has guided me
رَبِّىٓ rabbī my Lord
إِلَىٰ ilā to
صِرَٰطٍۢ ṣirāṭin a path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ mus'taqīmin straight
دِينًۭا dīnan a religion
قِيَمًۭا qiyaman right
مِّلَّةَ millata religion
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ib'rāhīma (of) Ibrahim
حَنِيفًۭا ۚ ḥanīfan a true monotheist
وَمَا wamā And not
كَانَ kāna he was
مِنَ mina from
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ l-mush'rikīna the polytheists

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.

The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.