Quran 2:135 — Al-Baqara, verse 135
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
وَقَالُوا كُونُوا هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
waqālū kūnū hūdan aw naṣārā tahtadū qul bal millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they say, 'Be Jews or Christians and you shall be guided.' Say thou: 'Nay, rather the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith; he was no idolater.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND THEY say, "Be Jews" - or, "Christians" - "and you shall be on the right path." Say: "Nay, but [ours is] the creed of Abraham, who turned away from all that is false, and was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God."
- Sahih International
- They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they said | قول |
| 2 | كُونُوا۟kūnū | Be | كون |
| 3 | هُودًاhūdan | Jews | هود |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | نَصَـٰرَىٰnaṣārā | Christians | نصر |
| 6 | تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗtahtadū | (then) you will be guided | هدي |
| 7 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 8 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 9 | مِلَّةَmillata | (the) religion | ملل |
| 10 | إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 11 | حَنِيفًۭا ۖḥanīfan | (the) upright | حنف |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 13 | كَانَkāna | he was | كون |
| 14 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 15 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | those who associated partners (with Allah) | شرك |