Al-Baqara • EN-KASHANI-TAFSIR
﴿ وَقَالُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَٰرَىٰ تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ قُلْ بَلْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ حَنِيفًۭا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ ﴾
“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."”
And they say, 'Be Jews or Christians [and you shall be guided']: every person who is veiled by his religion claims that his religion and none other is the truth. Say, 'Nay, rather the creed of Abraham [a ḥanīf; and he was not of the idolaters'], for absolute guidance is the affirmation of God's Oneness which comprehends every religion and lifts every veil, as He says next in His statement: