The Holy Quran 16:120 — Surah An-Nahl

Arabic text

إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Translation

Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام was certainly a great leader, obedient and Haneef (one inclined towards the truth and averse to all false creeds). He was (definitely) not from the Mushrikeen.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The way of Ibrahim ﵇: having refuted the polytheistic practices of the idolaters of Arabia, [Allah] reminds them of the way of the leader of the believers in the Oneness of Allah, the father of the prophets, Ibrahim, the Friend of Allah, upon our Prophet and upon him be blessings and peace, because the Arabs were his descendants and claimed to follow the…

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