Surah Al-An’am Ayat 85 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 85
And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias – and all were of the righteous.
And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the righteous:
(And of his descendants We guided) Zakariya (Zachariah), Yahya (John), Isa (Jesus) and Ilyas (Elias): each one of them was of the righteous.
And Zakariya (Zachariya), and Yahya (John) and ‘Iesa (Jesus) and Iliyas (Elias), each one of them was of the righteous.
And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one (of them) was of the righteous.
And Zakariyya and Yahya and Isa and ÉIlyas, (Zechariah, John, Jesus and Elias “=Elijah”, respectively) each one was of the righteous.
Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elijah- every one of them was righteous-
اور (نیز) زکریا کو اور یحيٰ کو اور عیسیٰ کو اور الیاس کو، سب نیک لوگوں میں سے تھے
Quran 6 Verse 85 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-An’am ayat 85, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(6:85) (And of his descendants We guided) Zakariya (Zachariah), Yahya (John), Isa (Jesus) and Ilyas (Elias): each one of them was of the righteous.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 85 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 84 which provides the complete commentary from verse 84 through 90.
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