وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَٱلۡيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطٗاۚ وَكُلّٗا فَضَّلۡنَا عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٨٦
And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We preferred over the worlds.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَAnd Ishmaelwa-is'māʿīla
- وَٱلۡيَسَعَand Elishawal-yasaʿa
- وَيُونُسَand Yunuswayūnusa
- وَلُوطٗاۚand Lutwalūṭan
- وَكُلّٗاand allwakullan
- فَضَّلۡنَاWe preferredfaḍḍalnā
- عَلَىoverʿalā
- ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna
Tafsir
In a similar way, I guided Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot (peace be upon them). I favoured all of them with prophethood, with Muhammad (peace be upon him) being the best of them, superior to all other people.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran