Sign in
Sign in
Sign in
Select Language
6:86
واسماعيل واليسع ويونس ولوطا وكلا فضلنا على العالمين ٨٦
وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَٱلْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًۭا ۚ وَكُلًّۭا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٨٦
ﲁ
ﲂ
ﲃ
ﲄﲅ
ﲆ
ﲇ
ﲈ
ﲉ
ﲊ
˹We also guided˺ Ishmael, Elisha, Jonah, and Lot, favouring each over other people ˹of their time˺.
Tafsirs
Layers
Lessons
Reflections
Answers
Qira'at
Hadith
What are Qira'at?Click here to learn more
Juncture
واليسع
Readers
Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
Madinah
Ḥamzah
Kufah
Ibn Kathīr
Makkah
Khalaf
Kufah
Abū ʿAmr
Basrah
al-Kisāʾī
Kufah
Yaʿqūb
Basrah
ʿĀṣim
Kufah
Readings
وَالْيَسَعَ
wa-l-Yasaʿa
وَالَّيْسَعَ
wa-l-Laysaʿa
“Elisha”

Explanation

These readings represent two ways in which this name is realised in Arabic. Similar variations exist among numerous non-Arab names.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran