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Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 67 (3:67)

آلِ عِمْرَان

مَا كَانَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُّسْلِمًا وَمَا …

Quran 3:67 is ayah 67 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 58 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:67
مَاكَانَإِبْرَٰهِيمُيَهُودِيًّاوَلَانَصْرَانِيًّاوَلَٰكِنكَانَحَنِيفًامُّسْلِمًاوَمَاكَانَمِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ٦٧
mā kāna ib'rāhīmu yahūdiyyan walā naṣrāniyyan walākin kāna ḥanīfan mus'liman wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna

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.(67)

Word by word

  1. مَاmāNot
  2. كَانَkānawas
  3. إِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
  4. يَهُودِيًّاyahūdiyyana Jew
  5. وَلَاwalāand not
  6. نَصْرَانِيًّاnaṣrāniyyana Christian
  7. وَلَٰكِنwalākin[and] but
  8. كَانَkānahe was
  9. حَنِيفًاḥanīfana true
  10. مُّسْلِمًاmus'limanMuslim
  11. وَمَاwamāand not
  12. كَانَkānahe was
  13. مِنَminafrom
  14. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists

Tafsir (commentary) of 3:67

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