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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 123 (16:123)

ٱلنَّحْل

ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Quran 16:123 is ayah 123 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 281 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:123
ثُمَّأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَيْكَأَنِٱتَّبِعْمِلَّةَإِبْرَٰهِيمَحَنِيفًا ۖوَمَاكَانَمِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ١٢٣
thumma awḥaynā ilayka ani ittabiʿ millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna

Then We revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allāh.(123)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynāWe revealed
  3. إِلَيْكَilaykato you
  4. أَنِanithat
  5. ٱتَّبِعْittabiʿYou follow
  6. مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
  7. إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
  8. حَنِيفًا ۖḥanīfanupright
  9. وَمَاwamāand not
  10. كَانَkānahe was
  11. مِنَminaof
  12. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists

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