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Tafsir

Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nahl 16:123

Word by word

ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Then We revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allāh.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ثم أوحينا إليك -أيها الرسول- أن اتبع دين الإسلام كما اتبعه إبراهيم، وأن استقم عليه، ولا تَحِدْ عنه، فإن إبراهيم لم يكن من المشركين مع الله غيره.

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