Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 86 (6:86)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Quran 6:86 is ayah 86 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 138 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:86
وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَوَٱلْيَسَعَوَيُونُسَوَلُوطًا ۚوَكُلًّافَضَّلْنَاعَلَىٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ٨٦
wa-is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wayūnusa walūṭan wakullan faḍḍalnā ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.(86)

Word by word

  1. وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaAnd Ishmael
  2. وَٱلْيَسَعَwal-yasaʿaand Elisha
  3. وَيُونُسَwayūnusaand Yunus
  4. وَلُوطًا ۚwalūṭanand Lut
  5. وَكُلًّاwakullanand all
  6. فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāWe preferred
  7. عَلَىʿalāover
  8. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

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