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Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 135

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وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Waq a loo koonoo hoodan aw na sa r a tahtadoo qul bal millata ibr a heema h aneefan wam a k a na mina almushrikeen a

AND THEY say, "Be Jews" - or, "Christians" - "and you shall be on the right path." Say: "Nay, but [ours is] the creed of Abraham, who turned away from all that is false,¹¹⁰ and was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God."

- Mohammad Asad

Jews and Christians say: "Be Jews or Christians, you shall then be rightly guided." O Muhammad, say: "By no means! We follow the faith of Ibrahim, the upright one; and he was not one of the mushrikin."

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

The Jews and Christians each say, 'Follow our faith to be 'rightly' guided.' Say, 'O Prophet,' 'No! We follow the faith of Abraham, the upright- who was not a polytheist.'

- Mustafa Khattab

And they say: Be Jews or Christians, then ye will be rightly guided. Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Nay, but (we follow) the religion of Abraham, the upright, and he was not of the idolaters.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

They say: "Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (to salvation)." Say thou: "Nay! (I would rather) the religion of Abraham the true and he joined not gods with Allah." ¹³⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali