Quran 6:87 — Al-An'aam, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and also some of their forefathers, their offspring, and their brothers: We chose them and guided them on a straight path.
وَمِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَانِهِمْ ۖ وَاجْتَبَيْنَاهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
wamin ābāihim wadhurriyyātihim wa-ikh'wānihim wa-ij'tabaynāhum wahadaynāhum ilā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and of their fathers, and of their seed, and of their brethren; and We elected them, and We guided them to a straight path.
- Muhammad Asad
- and [We exalted likewise] some of their forefathers and-their offspring and their brethren: We elected them [all], and guided them onto a straight way.
- Sahih International
- And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنْwamin | And from | — |
| 2 | ءَابَآئِهِمْābāihim | their fathers | أبو |
| 3 | وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمْwadhurriyyātihim | and their descendents | ذرر |
| 4 | وَإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ ۖwa-ikh'wānihim | and their brothers | أخو |
| 5 | وَٱجْتَبَيْنَـٰهُمْwa-ij'tabaynāhum | and We chose them | جبي |
| 6 | وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُمْwahadaynāhum | and We guided them | هدي |
| 7 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 8 | صِرَٰطٍۢṣirāṭin | a path | صرط |
| 9 | مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīmin | straight | قوم |