Quran 6:161 — Al-An'aam, verse 161
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدَانِي رَبِّي إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
qul innanī hadānī rabbī ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin dīnan qiyaman millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'As for me, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a right religion, the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith; he was no idolater.'
- Muhammad Asad
- SAY: "Behold, my Sustainer has guided me onto a straight way through an ever-true faith-the way of Abraham, who turned away from all that is false, and wa,. not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside Him."
- Sahih International
- Say, "Indeed, my Lord has guided me to a straight path - a correct religion - the way of Abraham, inclining toward truth. And he was not among those who associated others with Allāh."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّنِىinnanī | Indeed (as for) me | — |
| 3 | هَدَىٰنِىhadānī | has guided me | هدي |
| 4 | رَبِّىٓrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 5 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 6 | صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin | a path | صرط |
| 7 | مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīmin | straight | قوم |
| 8 | دِينًۭاdīnan | a religion | دين |
| 9 | قِيَمًۭاqiyaman | right | قوم |
| 10 | مِّلَّةَmillata | religion | ملل |
| 11 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 12 | حَنِيفًۭا ۚḥanīfan | a true monotheist | حنف |
| 13 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 14 | كَانَkāna | he was | كون |
| 15 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 16 | ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīna | the polytheists | شرك |