The Cow 2:135

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Arabic English Morphology
And they said V
Be V
هُودًا hūdan
Jews Noun
or Prep
نَصَٰرَىٰ naṣārā
Christians Noun
(then) you will be guided V
قُلْ qul
Say V
بَلْ bal
Nay Prep
مِلَّةَ millata
(the) religion Noun
(of) Ibrahim Noun
حَنِيفًا ḥanīfan
(the) upright Noun
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
كَانَ kāna
he was V
مِنَ mina
of Prep
those who associated partners (with Allah) Noun

They say, ‘Become Jews or Christians, and you will be rightly guided.’ Say [Prophet], ‘No, [ours is] the religion of Abraham, the upright, who did not worship any god besides God.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهۡتَدُوا۟ۗ قُلۡ بَلۡ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَ ٰهِـۧمَ حَنِیفࣰاۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ ۝١٣٥

waqālū kūnū hūdan aw naṣārā tahtadū qul bal millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīn