51 Preface ۞ وَلَقَد آتَينا إِبراهيمَ رُشدَهُ مِن قَبلُ وَكُنّا بِهِ عالِمينَYusuf AliWe bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude1 of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.2Rushd: right conduct, corresponding in action to the quality expressed in the epithet Ḥanīf (sound or true in Faith) applied to Abraham in 2:135 and elsewhere.Hence Abraham’s title “Friend of God” (Khalil God): 4:125.