Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
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, and was not of those who ascribe divinity to aught beside God."
Arthur John Arberry
And they say, 'Be Jews or Christians and you shall be guided.' Say thou: 'Nay, rather the creed of Abraham, a man of pure faith; he was no idolater.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
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."
Arabic
وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَـٰرَىٰ تَهۡتَدُوا۟ۗ قُلۡ بَلۡ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَ ٰهِـۧمَ حَنِیفࣰاۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِینَ ١٣٥
Transliteration (2021)
waqālū kūnū hūdan aw naṣārā tahtadū qul bal millata ib'rāhīma ḥanīfan wamā kāna mina l-mush'rikīn