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اِنَّ اِبْرٰهِيْمَ كَانَ اُمَّةً قَانِتًا لِّلّٰهِ حَنِيْفًاۗ وَلَمْ يَكُ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِيْنَۙ  ( النحل: ١٢٠ )

inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
ib'rāhīma
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
Ibrahim
kāna
كَانَ
was
ummatan
أُمَّةً
a nation
qānitan
قَانِتًا
obedient
lillahi
لِّلَّهِ
to Allah
ḥanīfan
حَنِيفًا
upright
walam
وَلَمْ
and not
yaku
يَكُ
he was
mina
مِنَ
of
l-mush'rikīna
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
the polytheists

Inna Ibraaheema kaana ummatan qaanital lillaahi Haneefanw wa lam yakuminal mushrikeen (an-Naḥl 16:120)

Sahih International:

Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allah. (An-Nahl [16] : 120)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Surely, Ibrāhīm was an Ummah (a whole community in himself), devoted to Allah, a man of pure faith; and he was not among the Mushriks (i.e. those who associate partners with Allah)