The Holy Quran 3:66 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ حَـٰجَجْتُمْ فِيمَا لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ فَلِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِيمَا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

Behold! You are the ones who argued about matters you had knowledge about (concerning Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام and Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام), so why do you now argue about that which you have no knowledge (concerning Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام's religion)? Allaah knows (everything and what creed Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام followed) and you do not know.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Ibrahim ﵇ could not have been a Jew or a Christian: just as the claim of Islam and tawhid (the oneness of Allah) was shared by all, so too all were united in honouring and revering Ibrahim ﵇, the Friend of Allah, and each sect of the Jews and the Christians claimed that Ibrahim ﵇ followed our religion, that is, Allah forbid, that he was a Jew or a Christian.

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