The Holy Quran 3:67 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

مَا كَانَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُّسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Translation

Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was Haneef (one inclined towards the truth and averse to all false creeds) and a Muslim (subservient to Allaah in all matters). He was never from the Mushrikeen.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Ibrahim ﵇ was a hanif and a Muslim: that is, Ibrahim ﵇ called himself a hanif or a Muslim. Hanif means “one who holds to the one path of truth and abandons all false paths”, and Muslim means “one who obeys the command”. Now judge for yourselves who today has broken away from all others, taken Allah’s path and surrendered himself purely to Him alone.

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