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Surah 16 An-Nahl — Ayah 123

سُورَةُ النَّحۡلِ · Meccan · Yakub Ibn Nugman

123

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

Соңра, ий Мухәммәд г-м, Без сиңа вәхий кылып боердык: "Батылдан хакка авышкан Ибраһим диненә ияр!" Ул Ибраһим мөшрикләрдән булмады һәм мөшрикләр динендә дә түгел иде.

thumma awḥaynā ilayka ani ittabiʿ millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna

Word by word

  • 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 :

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَهِيمَ رُشْدَهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِ عَـلِمِينَ

(And before, We indeed gave Ibrahim his integrity, and We were indeed most knowledgeable about him)(21:51). Then Allah says:

وَهَدَاهُ إِلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

(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.

وَءاتَيْنَـهُ فِى الْدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً

(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.'

وَإِنَّهُ فِى الاٌّخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّـلِحِينَ

(and in the Hereafter he shall be of the righteous.) Concerning the Ayah:

وَءاتَيْنَـهُ فِى الْدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً

(And We gave him good in this world,) Mujahid said: "This means a truthful tongue."

ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَهِيمَ حَنِيفًا

(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 ,'

أَنِ اتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(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:

قُلْ إِنَّنِى هَدَانِى رَبِّى إِلَى صِرَطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(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,