Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:120

16:120

إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلَّهِ حَنِيفًا وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

inna ib'rāhīma kāna ummatan qānitan lillahi ḥanīfan walam yaku mina l-mush'rikīna

Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allāh, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allāh.

— Saheeh International

Abraham was truly an example: devoutly obedient to God and true in faith. He was not an idolater;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Verily, Ibrâhîm (Abraham) was an Ummah (a leader having all the good righteous qualities), or a nation, obedient to Allâh, Hanîf (i.e. to worship none but Allâh), and he was not one of those who were Al-Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, and those who joined partners with Allâh).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِنَّinnaIndeed
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
كَانَkānawas
أُمَّةًۭummatana nation
قَانِتًۭاqānitanobedient
لِّلَّهِlillahito Allah
حَنِيفًۭاḥanīfanupright
وَلَمْwalamand not
يَكُyakuhe was
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists