Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Nahl, Ayah 123
ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًۭا ۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ
Then We revealed to you, [O Muhammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allah.
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Then We revealed to you O Muhammad (s) saying ‘Follow the creed the religion of Abraham a hanīf and he was not of the idolaters’ this remark is repeated in order to refute to the claim of the Jews and Christians that they follow his religion.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And afterward We inspired thee (O Muhammad)) We commanded you ((saying): Follow the religion of Abraham) adhere to the religion of Abraham, (as one by nature upright) surrendered to Allah. (He was not of the idolaters) he did not follow the religion of the idolaters.