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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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Then We revealed to you [Muhammad], ‘Follow the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith who was not an idolater.’

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
Then	ثُمَّ (thumma)	ث م	Prep. Prep
We revealed	أَوْحَيْنَآ (awḥaynā)	و ح ي	Verb V
to you	إِلَيْكَ (ilayka)	ا ل ي	Prep. Prep
that	أَنِ (ani)	أ ن	Prep. Prep
You follow	ٱتَّبِعْ (ittabiʿ)	ت ب ع	Verb V
(the) religion	مِلَّةَ (millata)	م ل ل	Noun Noun
(of) Ibrahim	إِبْرَٰهِيمَ (ib'rāhīma)	إ ب ر ا ه ي م	Noun Noun
upright	حَنِيفًا (ḥanīfan)	ح ن ف	Noun Noun
and not	وَمَا (wamā)	م ا	Prep. Prep
he was	كَانَ (kāna)	ك و ن	Verb V
of	مِنَ (mina)	م ن	Prep. Prep
the polytheists	ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ (l-mush'rikīna)	ش ر ك	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Bee
Verse: 16:123
Juz: 14
Revelation: Meccan
Revelation Order: 70
Translations: 64
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Root Words in This Verse

وحي (أَوْحَى)
تبع (اتَّبَعَ)
ملل (مِلَّة)
حنف (حَنِيف)
كون (كانَ)
شرك (مُشْرِك)

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3:95 24%

قُلْ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ ۗ فَٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

qul ṣadaqa l-lahu fa-ittabiʿū millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīn

[Prophet], say, ‘God speaks the truth, so follow Abraham’s religion: he had true faith and he was never an idolater.’

2:135 23%

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

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

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.’

6:161 19%

قُلْ إِنَّنِى هَدَىٰنِى رَبِّىٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

qul innanī hadānī rabbī ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin dīnan qiyaman millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīn

Say, ‘My Lord has guided me to a straight path, an upright religion, the faith of Abraham, a man of pure faith. He was not a polytheist.’

3:67 13%

مَا كَانَ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيًّا وَلَا نَصْرَانِيًّا وَلَـٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفًا مُّسْلِمًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

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

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

Word Analysis — The Bee 16:123

Abdel Haleem Word Analysis