Translation of the meanings Ayah 67 Surah Āl-‘Imrān - English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 67

مَا كَانَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمُ يَهُودِيّٗا وَلَا نَصۡرَانِيّٗا وَلَٰكِن كَانَ حَنِيفٗا مُّسۡلِمٗا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a monotheist^[28] Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.

[28] Hanīf means a pristine believer. The basic semantic meaning of the root h-n-f is an inclination towards uprightness and eschewing crookedness.