Tafseer of The Bee · An-Nahl · 16:123
Then We revealed to you, [O Muhammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allah.
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Allah, the Exalted, says to His prophet Muḥammad ﷺ: Then We revealed to you, O Muhammad, and said to you: Follow the upright, Islamic way of life of Ibrāhīm (millatunā Ibrāhīm al-ḥanīfiyya al-muslima). حَنِيفًا — Allah says: As a Muslim upon the religion which Ibrāhīm was upon, free of the idols and rivals which your people worship, just as Ibrāhīm had freed himself from them.
