The Family of Imran
3. Āl ʿImrān
آل عمران
Āl ‘Imrān (Imran's Folk)
آلِ عِمْرَان
3:67
مَا
كَانَ
إِبْرَاهِيمُ
يَهُودِيًّا
وَلَا
نَصْرَانِيًّا
وَلَكِن
كَانَ
حَنِيفًا
مُّسْلِمًا
وَمَا
كَانَ
مِنَ
الْمُشْرِكِينَ
mā kāna ʾibrāhīmu yahūdiyyan wa-lā naṣrāniyyan wa-lākin kāna ḥanīfan musliman wa-mā kāna mina l-mushrikīna
Abraham was not a Jew or a Christian. He was an upright person who had submitted himself to the will of God. Abraham was not a pagan.