TRANSLATION:
[3:65]
O people of the Book, why do you argue about Ibrahim, while the Torah and the Injil were not revealed until after him? Have you, then, no sense?
[3:66]
Look, this is what you are — you have already argued about matters concerning which you have knowledge; why then do you argue about matters of which you have no knowledge? {26} Allah knows and you do not know.
[3:67]
Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian. But he was upright, a Muslim, and was not one of those who associate partners with Allah.
INTERPRETATION:
{26} The Jews (at the time of the Holy Prophet ﷺ) used to insist that Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham) AS was a Jew, and the Christians used to say that he was a Christian. In this verse the Quran Karim says that both these religions came into being after Torah and Injil (Bible) were revealed, while Hazrat Ibrahim AS had passed away long before either of these books were revealed. Therefore, there is no basis to call him a Jew or a Christian. Then the Holy Quran says that when those of your arguments, which were based on some truth, have failed to prove your claims, then how can your statement about Hazrat Ibrahim AS, which is not based on any reality, can prove your claim of him being a Jew or a Christian. For example, you knew about Hazrat Isa (Jesus) AS that he was born without a father, and on that basis you tried to argue that he was God, but you did not succeed because being born without a father is no proof that someone is God. Hazrat Adam AS was born without both mother and father, and yet no one says that he was God, or son of God. When your those claims which were based on some element of truth were not successful, then how can a claim which is not based on any reality that Hazrat Ibrahim AS was a Christian or a Jew, can be accepted.
O people of the Book, why do you argue about Ibrahim, while the Torah and the Injil were not revealed until after him? Have you, then, no sense?
[3:66]
Look, this is what you are — you have already argued about matters concerning which you have knowledge; why then do you argue about matters of which you have no knowledge? {26} Allah knows and you do not know.
[3:67]
Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian. But he was upright, a Muslim, and was not one of those who associate partners with Allah.
INTERPRETATION:
{26} The Jews (at the time of the Holy Prophet ﷺ) used to insist that Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham) AS was a Jew, and the Christians used to say that he was a Christian. In this verse the Quran Karim says that both these religions came into being after Torah and Injil (Bible) were revealed, while Hazrat Ibrahim AS had passed away long before either of these books were revealed. Therefore, there is no basis to call him a Jew or a Christian. Then the Holy Quran says that when those of your arguments, which were based on some truth, have failed to prove your claims, then how can your statement about Hazrat Ibrahim AS, which is not based on any reality, can prove your claim of him being a Jew or a Christian. For example, you knew about Hazrat Isa (Jesus) AS that he was born without a father, and on that basis you tried to argue that he was God, but you did not succeed because being born without a father is no proof that someone is God. Hazrat Adam AS was born without both mother and father, and yet no one says that he was God, or son of God. When your those claims which were based on some element of truth were not successful, then how can a claim which is not based on any reality that Hazrat Ibrahim AS was a Christian or a Jew, can be accepted.
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