Wednesday, 27 March 2019

135 Wa qaaloo koonoo

وَقَالُوْا كُوْنُوْا ھُوْدًا اَوْ نَصٰرٰى تَهْتَدُوْا ۭ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ اِبْرٰھٖمَ حَنِيْفًا ۭ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَ
وَقَالُوا۟ : And they said,  
  كُونُوا۟ : "Be  
  هُودًا : Jews  
  أَوْ : or  
  نَصَٰرَىٰ : Christians,  
  تَهْتَدُوا۟ۗ : (then) you will be guided."  
  قُلْ : Say,  
  بَلْ : "Nay,  
  مِلَّةَ : (the) religion  
  إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ : (of) Ibrahim,  
  حَنِيفًاۖ : (the) upright;  
  وَمَا : and not  
  كَانَ : he was  
  مِنَ : of  
  ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ : those who associated partners (with Allah)."
Wa qaaloo koonoo Hoodan aw Nasaaraa tahtadoo; qul bal Millata Ibraaheema Haneefanw wa maa kaana minal mushrikeen
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."