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General Root Meaning

To lean to one side, incline or decline, turn away from error to guidance, incline to the right religion, stand firmly on one side, leave a false religion and turn to right, act according to the law of Abraham,. to be circumcised, turn away from the worship of idols, apply or devote oneself to religious services, incline to or have a right state or tendency.

ḥunafāa
(Word Translations: 2)
- Being upright
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 22:31 Being upright to Allah, not associating partners with Him. And whoever associates partners with Allah then (it is) as though he had fallen from the sky and (had) snatched him the birds, or had blown him the wind to a place far off.
- upright
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 98:5 And not they were commanded except to worship Allah (being) sincere to Him (in) the religion, upright, and to establish the prayer, and to give the zakah And that (is the) religion the correct.

ḥanīfan
(Word Translations: 5)
- (as) a true monotheist
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 6:79 Indeed, I [I] have turned my face to the One Who created the heavens and the earth (as) a true monotheist, and not I (am) of the polytheists.
- (the) upright
  - (Concordance entries: 3)
  - 2:135 And they said, "Be Jews or Christians, (then) you will be guided." Say, "Nay, (the) religion (of) Ibrahim, (the) upright; and not he was of those who associated partners
  - 3:95 Say, (has) spoken the truth Allah, then follow (the) religion (of) Ibrahim (the) upright, and not he was of the polytheists.
  - 4:125 And who (is) better (in) religion than (one) who submits his face to Allah and he (is) a good-doer and follows (the) religion (of) Ibrahim (the) upright? And was taken (by) Allah Ibrahim (as) a friend.
- a true
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 3:67 Not was Ibrahim a Jew and not a Christian and but he was a true Muslim, and not he was from the polytheists.
- a true monotheist
  - (Concordance entries: 1)
  - 6:161 Say, "Indeed (as for) me, has guided me my Lord to a path straight - a religion right, religion (of) Ibrahim - a true monotheist. And not he was from the polytheists.
- upright
  - (Concordance entries: 4)
  - 10:105 And that, "Direct your face to the religion upright, and (do) not be of the polytheists.
  - 16:120 Indeed, Ibrahim was a nation obedient to Allah upright, and not he was of the polytheists.
  - 16:123 Then We revealed to you, that, "You follow (the) religion (of) Ibrahim upright; and not he was of the polytheists."
  - 30:30 So set your face to the religion upright. Nature (made by) Allah (upon) which He has created mankind [on it]. No change (should there be) in the creat (of) Allah. That (is) the religion the correct, but most men (do) not know.