Quran 6:85 — Al-An'aam, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elijah- every one of them was righteous-
وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖ كُلٌّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
wazakariyyā wayaḥyā waʿīsā wa-il'yāsa kullun mina l-ṣāliḥīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Zachariah and John, Jesus and Elias; each was of the righteous;
- Muhammad Asad
- and [upon] Zachariah, and John, and Jesus, and Elijah: every one of them was of the righteous;
- Sahih International
- And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَزَكَرِيَّاwazakariyyā | And Zakariya | — |
| 2 | وَيَحْيَىٰwayaḥyā | and Yahya | — |
| 3 | وَعِيسَىٰwaʿīsā | and Isa | — |
| 4 | وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖwa-il'yāsa | and Elijah | — |
| 5 | كُلٌّۭkullun | all (were) | كلل |
| 6 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 7 | ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīna | the righteous | صلح |