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Surah Al-An’am, Verse 85

سورة الأنعام، الآية ٨٥

6:85 Juz 7 Hizb 14 Page 138 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 6:85

وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝٨٥

Transliteration

wazakariyyā wayaḥyā waʿīsā wa-il'yāsa kullun mina l-ṣāliḥīna

Translation

And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.

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Tafsir of verse 85

Al-Mukhtasar

In a similar way, I guided Zachariah, John, Jesus son of Mary and Elijah (peace be upon them). All these prophets were of the righteous, who were chosen by Allah to be messengers.

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Other translations of verse 85

And Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elias – each was among the righteous.

And Zakariyâ (Zachariya), and Yahya (John) and ‘Îsâ (Jesus) and Iliyâs (Elias), each one of them was of the righteous.

And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one (of them) was of the righteous.

And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the righteous:

And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyas; every one was of the good;

And Zakariyya and Yahya and Isa and ÉIlyas, (Zechariah, John, Jesus and Elias "=Elijah", respectively) each one was of the righteous.

Verse 85 word by word

  1. وَزَكَرِيَّا wazakariyyā And Zakariya
  2. وَيَحْيَىٰ wayaḥyā and Yahya ح ي ي
  3. وَعِيسَىٰ waʿīsā and Isa
  4. وَإِلْيَاسَ wa-il'yāsa and Elijah
  5. كُلٌّ kullun all (were) ك ل ل
  6. مِّنَ mina of
  7. ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ l-ṣāliḥīna the righteous ص ل ح

Verses related to verse 85

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Hud 11:71–73

    وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَٰهَا بِإِسْحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ …

    And his wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob. …

  • As-Saffat 37:112

    وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.

  • Maryam 19:49

    فَلَمَّا ٱعْتَزَلَهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا نَبِيًّا

    So when he had left them and those they worshipped other than Allāh, We gave him Isaac and Jacob, and each [of them] We made a prophet.

  • Al-’Ankabut 29:27

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We gave to him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous.

  • Al-Hadid 57:26

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ فَمِنْهُم مُّهْتَدٍ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

    And We have already sent Noah and Abraham and placed in their descendants prophethood and scripture; and among them is he who is guided, but many of them are defiantly disobedient.

  • Maryam 19:58

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَٱجْتَبَيْنَآ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ خَرُّوا۟ سُجَّدًا وَبُكِيًّا

    Those were the ones upon whom Allāh bestowed favor from among the prophets of the descendants of Adam and of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel [i.e., Jacob], and of those whom We guided and chose. When the verses of the Most Merciful were recited to them, they fell in prostration and weeping.

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