Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 85 (6:85)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖ كُلٌّ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Quran 6:85 is ayah 85 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 138 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:85
وَزَكَرِيَّاوَيَحْيَىٰوَعِيسَىٰوَإِلْيَاسَ ۖكُلٌّمِّنَٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ٨٥
wazakariyyā wayaḥyā waʿīsā wa-il'yāsa kullun mina l-ṣāliḥīna

And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the righteous.(85)

Word by word

  1. وَزَكَرِيَّاwazakariyyāAnd Zakariya
  2. وَيَحْيَىٰwayaḥyāand Yahya
  3. وَعِيسَىٰwaʿīsāand Isa
  4. وَإِلْيَاسَ ۖwa-il'yāsaand Elijah
  5. كُلٌّkullunall (were)
  6. مِّنَminaof
  7. ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

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