Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:86

6:86

وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًا ۚ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

wa-is'māʿīla wal-yasaʿa wayūnusa walūṭan wakullan faḍḍalnā ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

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

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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)].

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaAnd Ishmael
وَٱلْيَسَعَwal-yasaʿaand Elisha
وَيُونُسَwayūnusaand Yunus
وَلُوطًۭاۚwalūṭanand Lut
وَكُلًّۭاwakullanand all
فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāWe preferred
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds