Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 87 (6:87)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَمِنْ ءَابَآئِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ ۖ وَٱجْتَبَيْنَٰهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ …

Quran 6:87 is ayah 87 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.

6:87
وَمِنْءَابَآئِهِمْوَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْوَإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ ۖوَٱجْتَبَيْنَٰهُمْوَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْإِلَىٰصِرَٰطٍمُّسْتَقِيمٍ٨٧
wamin ābāihim wadhurriyyātihim wa-ikh'wānihim wa-ij'tabaynāhum wahadaynāhum ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.(87)

Word by word

  1. وَمِنْwaminAnd from
  2. ءَابَآئِهِمْābāihimtheir fathers
  3. وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمْwadhurriyyātihimand their descendents
  4. وَإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ ۖwa-ikh'wānihimand their brothers
  5. وَٱجْتَبَيْنَٰهُمْwa-ij'tabaynāhumand We chose them
  6. وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْwahadaynāhumand We guided them
  7. إِلَىٰilāto
  8. صِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina path
  9. مُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight

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