Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. He was upright and devoted to God, never an idolater
Abdel Haleem Arabic Root / Link Morphology
Not
مَا (mā)
م ا
Prep.
Prep
was
كَانَ (kāna)
ك و ن
Verb
V
Ibrahim
إِبْرَٰهِيمُ (ib'rāhīmu)
إ ب ر ا ه ي م
Noun
Noun
a Jew
يَهُودِيًّا (yahūdiyyan)
ه و د
Noun
Noun
and not
وَلَا (walā)
ل ا
Prep.
Prep
a Christian
نَصْرَانِيًّا (naṣrāniyyan)
ن ص ر
Noun
Noun
[and] but
وَلَٰكِن (walākin)
ل ك ن
Prep.
Prep
he was
كَانَ (kāna)
ك و ن
Verb
V
a true
حَنِيفًا (ḥanīfan)
ح ن ف
Noun
Noun
Muslim
مُّسْلِمًا (mus'liman)
س ل م
Noun
Noun
and not
وَمَا (wamā)
م ا
Prep.
Prep
he was
كَانَ (kāna)
ك و ن
Verb
V
from
مِنَ (mina)
م ن
Prep.
Prep
the polytheists
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ (l-mush'rikīna)
ش ر ك
Noun
Noun