Sura 16 An-Nahl — Aya 123
ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًۭا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
Kisha tukakufunulia ya kwamba ufuate mila ya Ibrahim, mwongofu, wala hakuwa miongoni mwa washirikina.
thumma awḥaynā ilayka ani ittabiʿ millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna
Neno kwa neno
- ثُمَّ thumma Then
- أَوْحَيْنَآ awḥaynā We revealed
- إِلَيْكَ ilayka to you
- أَنِ ani that
- ٱتَّبِعْ ittabiʿ You follow
- مِلَّةَ millata (the) religion
- إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ib'rāhīma (of) Ibrahim
- حَنِيفًۭا ۖ ḥanīfan upright
- وَمَا wamā and not
- كَانَ kāna he was
- مِنَ mina of
- ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ l-mush'rikīna the polytheists
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
He selected him, as Allah says :
(And before, We indeed gave Ibrahim his integrity, and We were indeed most knowledgeable about him)(21:51). Then Allah says:
(and guided him to a straight path.) which means to worship Allah alone, without partners or associate, in the manner that He prescribed and which pleases Him.
(And We gave him good in this world,) meaning, `We granted him all that a believer may require for a good and complete life in this world.'
(and in the Hereafter he shall be of the righteous.) Concerning the Ayah:
(And We gave him good in this world,) Mujahid said: "This means a truthful tongue."
(Then, We have sent the revelation to you: "Follow the religion of Ibrahim (he was a) Hanif. ..) meaning, `because of his perfection, greatness, and the soundness of his Tawhid and his way, We revealed to you, O Seal of the Messengers and Leader of the Prophets ,'
(Follow the religion of Ibrahim (he was a) Hanif and he was not of the idolators.) This is like the Ayah in Surat Al-An`am:
(Say: "Truly, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a right religion, the religion of Ibrahim, (he was a) Hanif and he was not of the idolators.") (6:161). Then Allah rebukes the Jews,