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اَلْبَقَرَة

Al Baqarah

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وَ قَالُوْا كُوْنُوْا هُوْدًا اَوْ نَصٰرٰى تَهْتَدُوْاؕ-قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰهٖمَ حَنِیْفًاؕ-وَ مَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِیْنَ(135)

English translation of Kanz-ul-Irfan

And the People of the Book said, “Become Christians or Jews ― you shall attain guidance.” Say, “˹Never!˺ Rather, we adopt the religion of Ibrāhīm who was pure from all falsehood—and he was not among the polytheists.”[1]

Commentary

[1]

Prophet Ibrāhīm عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم was granted such acceptance by Allah Almighty that all the religions expressed pride in being affiliated with him. It is also clear from the verse that being from the children of noble individuals will not suffice, unless the actions of those noble elders are emulated too.