Tafsir for verse: 6:161
قُلۡ إِنَّنِي هَدَىٰنِي رَبِّيٓ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ دِينٗا قِيَمٗا مِّلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفٗاۚ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١٦١ ﴿161﴾
161Say, “As for me, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, the straight religion, the faith of Ibrāhīm who was upright and was not of those who associate partners with Allah.
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Commentary
The religion is in the accusative case as a substitution from the place to the straight path, because its meaning is: He guided me to a path, as evidenced by His saying: 'And He guides you to a straight path.' And 'al-qayyim' is derived from 'qama,' like 'sayyid' from 'sada,' and it is more eloquent than 'al-qaim.'
And it was recited as 'qayyiman.' 'Al-qayyim' is a noun meaning standing, and it is described by it. And 'the millah of Ibrahim' is an explanatory apposition.
And 'hanifan' is a state of Ibrahim.
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