← Surah 3

3:67

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

Word by word

مَا
Not
Preposition
كَانَ
was
Verb
Root: كون
إِبْرَٰهِيمُ
Ibrahim
Noun
يَهُودِيًّا
a Jew
Noun
Root: هود
وَلَا
and not
Preposition
نَصْرَانِيًّا
a Christian
Noun
Root: نصر
وَلَٰكِن
[and] but
Preposition
كَانَ
he was
Verb
Root: كون
حَنِيفًا
a true
Noun
Root: حنف
مُّسْلِمًا
Muslim
Noun
Root: سلم
وَمَا
and not
Preposition
كَانَ
he was
Verb
Root: كون
مِنَ
from
Preposition
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
the polytheists
Noun
Root: شرك

Translation

Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah's (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

İbrahim, ne yahudi, ne de hıristiyandı; fakat o, Allah'ı bir tanıyan dosdoğru bir müslümandı, müşriklerden de değildi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

İbrahim ne yahudi ne de hristiyandı fakat o, hanîf (Allah’ı birleyen) bir müslümandı ve müşriklerden değildi.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Abraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who had surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain