Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 3:67
16 scholarly English translations of verse 67 from Surah Ali 'Imran, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliAbraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to Allah's (Which is Islam), and he joined not gods with Allah.
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanIbrahim (Abraham) was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a true Muslim Hanifa (Islamic Monotheism - to worship none but Allah Alone) and he was not of Al-Mushrikun (See V. 2:105).
Neither was Abraham a Jew nor a Christian, but upright and obedient, and not an idolater.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanIbrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian; but he was a Muslim, free from all falsehood; and was not of the polytheists.
No; Abraham in truth was not a Jew, neither a Christian; but he was a Muslim and one pure of faith; certainly he was never of the idolaters.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiIbrahim was not a Jew, nor a Nazarene, but he was an upright Muslim, nor was he of the associators.
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a Monotheist, a Muslim. And he was not of the Polytheists.
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian; he was a Muslim, wholly devoted to God. And he certainly was not amongst those who associate others with Allah in His divinity.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriIbrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a true Muslim Hanifa and he was not of the Mushrikin
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAbraham was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian; but he was an upright man who had surrendered (to Allah), and he was not of the idolaters.
Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. Rather, he was a Hanif, a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishNo, Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Nazarene. He was of pure faith, a submitter (Muslim). He was never of the idolaters.
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.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirIbrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanAbraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. He was an upright man, one who had surrendered himself to God. He was not one of those who associate partners with God.