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Al-Baqarah (The Cow) · Ayah 135

وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ 135

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."

وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said

قولq-w-lverb

كُونُوا۟kūnūBe

كونk-w-nverb

هُودًاhūdanJews

هودh-w-dnoun

أَوْawor

نَصَـٰرَىٰnaṣārāChristians

نصرn-s-rnoun

تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗtahtadū(then) you will be guided

هديh-d-yverb

قُلْqulSay

قولq-w-lverb

بَلْbalNay

مِلَّةَmillata(the) religion

مللm-l-lnoun

إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim

noun

حَنِيفًۭا ۖḥanīfan(the) upright

حنفh-n-fnoun

وَمَاwamāand not

كَانَkānahe was

كونk-w-nverb

مِنَminaof

ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathose who associated partners (with Allah)

شركsh-r-knoun

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