Quran 6:86 — Al-An'aam, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot. We favoured each one of them over other people,
وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
wa-is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wayūnusa walūṭan wakullan faḍḍalnā ʿalā l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ishmael and Elisha, Jonah and Lot-each one We preferred above all beings;
- Muhammad Asad
- and [upon] Ishmael, and Elisha, and Jonah, and Lot. And every one of them did We favour above other people;
- Sahih International
- And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīla | And Ishmael | — |
| 2 | وَٱلْيَسَعَwal-yasaʿa | and Elisha | — |
| 3 | وَيُونُسَwayūnusa | and Yunus | — |
| 4 | وَلُوطًۭا ۚwalūṭan | and Lut | — |
| 5 | وَكُلًّۭاwakullan | and all | كلل |
| 6 | فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnā | We preferred | فضل |
| 7 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 8 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | the worlds | علم |