Surah Al-An’am Ayat 86 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 86
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot – and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.
And Isma’il and Elisha, and Jonas, and Lot: and to all We gave favour above the nations:
(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.
And Isma’il (Ishmael) and Al-Yas’a (Elisha), and Yunus (Jonah) and Lout (Lot), and each one of them We preferred above the ‘Alamin (mankind and jinns) (of their times).
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot. Each one (of them) did We prefer above (Our) creatures,
And Ismail and Alyasaca and Yunus, and Lut; (Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah and Lot, respectively) and each one We graced over the worlds;
Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot. We favoured each one of them over other people,
اور نیز اسماعیل کو اور یسع کو اور یونس کو اور لوط کو اور ہر ایک کو تمام جہان والوں پر ہم نے فضیلت دی
Quran 6 Verse 86 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-An’am ayat 86, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(6:86) (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.
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 86 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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