The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:67

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Arabic English Morphology
مَا
Not Prep
كَانَ kāna
was V
Ibrahim Noun
a Jew Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
a Christian Noun
وَلَٰكِن walākin
[and] but Prep
كَانَ kāna
he was V
حَنِيفًا ḥanīfan
a true Noun
Muslim Noun
وَمَا wamā
and not Prep
كَانَ kāna
he was V
مِنَ mina
from Prep
the polytheists Noun

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. He was upright and devoted to God, never an idolater

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

مَا كَانَ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمُ یَهُودِیࣰّا وَلَا نَصۡرَانِیࣰّا وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ حَنِیفࣰا مُّسۡلِمࣰا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ ۝٦٧

mā kāna ib'rāhīmu yahūdiyyan walā naṣrāniyyan walākin kāna ḥanīfan mus'liman wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīn