Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:135

2:135

وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

waqālū kūnū hūdan aw naṣārā tahtadū qul bal millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna

They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."

— Saheeh International

They say, ‘Become Jews or Christians, and you will be rightly guided.’ Say [Prophet], ‘No, [ours is] the religion of Abraham, the upright, who did not worship any god besides God.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they say, "Be Jews or Christians, then you will be guided." Say (to them O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), "Nay, (we follow) only the religion of Ibrâhîm (Abraham), Hanîfa [Islâmic Monotheism, i.e. to worship none but Allâh (Alone)], and he was not of Al-Mushrikûn (those who worshipped others along with Allâh - see V.2:105)."

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

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وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
كُونُوا۟kūnūBe
هُودًاhūdanJews
أَوْawor
نَصَـٰرَىٰnaṣārāChristians
تَهْتَدُوا۟ۗtahtadū(then) you will be guided
قُلْqulSay
بَلْbalNay
مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
حَنِيفًۭاۖḥanīfan(the) upright
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانَkānahe was
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathose who associated partners (with Allah)