Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:67

3:67

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

mā kāna ib'rāhīmu yahūdiyyan walā naṣrāniyyan walākin kāna ḥanīfan mus'liman wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allāh]. And he was not of the polytheists.

— Saheeh International

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. He was upright and devoted to God, never an idolater,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Ibrâhîm (Abraham) was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a true Muslim Hanîfa (Islâmic Monotheism - to worship none but Allâh Alone) and he was not of Al-Mushrikûn (See V.2:105).

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

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
كَانَkānawas
إِبْرَٰهِيمُib'rāhīmuIbrahim
يَهُودِيًّۭاyahūdiyyana Jew
وَلَاwalāand not
نَصْرَانِيًّۭاnaṣrāniyyana Christian
وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
كَانَkānahe was
حَنِيفًۭاḥanīfana true
مُّسْلِمًۭاmus'limanMuslim
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانَkānahe was
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists