Quran 3:95 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 95
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], say, ‘God speaks the truth, so follow Abraham’s religion: he had true faith and he was never an idolater.’
قُلْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ ۗ فَاتَّبِعُوا مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
qul ṣadaqa l-lahu fa-ittabiʿū millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'God has spoken the truth; therefore follow the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith and no idolater.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "God has spoken the truth: follow, then, 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
- Say, "Allāh has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | صَدَقَṣadaqa | (has) spoken the truth | صدق |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | فَٱتَّبِعُوا۟fa-ittabiʿū | then follow | تبع |
| 5 | مِلَّةَmillata | (the) religion | ملل |
| 6 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 7 | حَنِيفًۭاḥanīfan | (the) upright | حنف |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 9 | كَانَkāna | he was | كون |
| 10 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 11 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |