Surah Al-An'am — Verse 86

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وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Wa-ismaAAeela walyasaAAawayoonusa walootan wakullan faddalna AAalaalAAalameen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

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

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot. We favoured each one of them over other people,

Marmaduke Pickthall

And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each one (of them) did We prefer above (Our) creatures,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And Isma'il and Elisha, and Jonas, and Lot: and to all We gave favour above the nations:

Mufti Taqi Usmani

-and Ismā‘īl and Yasa‘ and Yūnus and LūT, and all of them We made to excel over all the people of the world (in their respective times).

Al-Hilali & Khan

And Ismâ‘îl (Ishmael) and Al-Yasa‘ (Elisha), and Yûnus (Jonah) and Lût (Lot), and each one of them We preferred above the ‘Âlamîn [mankind and jinn (of their times)].

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

(And of his descendants We guided) Isma'il (Ishmael), al-Yasa' (Elisha), Yunus (Jonah), and Lut (Lot). And each one of them We favoured over all mankind.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

and [upon] Ishmael, and Elisha, and Jonah, and Lot. And every one of them did We favour above other people;