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Al-An'am 87

Ayah 87 of 165 · Meccan

وَمِنۡ ءَابَآئِهِمۡ وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمۡ وَإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡۖ وَٱجۡتَبَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٖ مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ ٨٧

And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothers - and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمِنۡAnd fromwamin
  2. ءَابَآئِهِمۡtheir fathersābāihim
  3. وَذُرِّيَّٰتِهِمۡand their descendentswadhurriyyātihim
  4. وَإِخۡوَٰنِهِمۡۖand their brothers wa-ikh'wānihim
  5. وَٱجۡتَبَيۡنَٰهُمۡand We chose themwa-ij'tabaynāhum
  6. وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُمۡand We guided themwahadaynāhum
  7. إِلَىٰtoilā
  8. صِرَٰطٖa pathṣirāṭin
  9. مُّسۡتَقِيمٖstraightmus'taqīmin

Tafsir

I also guided some of their forefathers, descendants and brothers, whom I had willed to guide. I selected them and made them take the straight path: the path of Allah’s Oneness and His obedience.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran