Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader,719 devoutly obedient to Allāh, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allāh.
Notes
[719] i.e., embodying all the excellent qualities which make one an example to be followed.
Verse 120 of Surah An-Nahl (16:120), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 281 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 120
Al-Mukhtasar
Indeed, Abraham (peace be upon him) possessed all the attributes of goodness and always obeyed His Lord turning away from all other religions to the religion of Submission (Islam). He was never an idolater.
Abraham was a model of excellence75, devoted to Allah and inclined to true faith, and he was not one of those who associate partners with Allah.
Notes
[75] Having all the excellent qualities which make one a role model for others, or he was a ‘nation’ on his own because he was the only believer on earth.
Verily, Ibrâhîm (Abraham) was an Ummah (a leader having all the good righteous qualities), or a nation, obedient to Allâh, Hanîf (i.e. to worship none but Allâh), and he was not one of those who were Al-Mushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh, and those who joined partners with Allâh).
Lo! Abraham was a nation obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the idolaters;
Abraham was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to Allah, (and) true in Faith, and he joined not gods with Allah:
Surely Ibrahim was an exemplar, obedient to Allah, upright, and he was not of the polytheists.
Surely, Ibrahim (Abraham) was a nation, (i.e., a leader,Imam) devout to Allah, unswervingly upright, and he was not of the associators, (Those who associate others with Allah)
