Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elijah; each was among the righteous;

وَزَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيٰى وَع۪يسٰى وَاِلْيَاسَۜ كُلٌّ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَۙ
Wazakariyya wayahyawaAAeesa walyasa kullun mina assaliheen
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1wazakariyyāAnd Zakariya
2wayaḥyāand Yahya
3waʿīsāand Isa
4wa-il'yāsaand Elijah
5kullunall (were)كلل
6minaof
7l-ṣāliḥīnathe righteousصلح
  • Aisha Bewley

    And Zakariyya, Yahya, ‘Isa and Ilyas. All of them were among the salihun.

  • Progressive Muslims

    And Zachariah and John, and Jesus, and Elias; all were from the upright.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    And Zachariah, John, Jesus and Elias; all in the ranks of the righteous who fulfilled the needs of mankind.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elijah; each was among the righteous;

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    And Zachariah and John, and Jesus, and Elias; all were from the upright.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    And Zachariah and John, and Jesus, and Elias; all were of the reformed.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    Also, Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elias; all were righteous.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    Zachariah and John We guided, and guided Jesus and Elias who were all among the upright.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

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

  • Muhammad Asad

    and Zachariah, and John, and Jesus, and Elijah: every one of them was of the righteous;

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one (of them) was of the righteous.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    (And of his descendants We guided) Zakariya (Zachariah), Yahya (John), Isa (Jesus) and Ilyas (Elias): each one of them was of the righteous.

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    And Zakariya (Zachariah) and Yahya (John), ‘Isa (Jesus) and Ilias (Elias), all and each were enrolled among the virtuous.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    Zachariah, John, Jesus and Elias are also among the other righteous ones who were blessed.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    And Zakariyâ (Zachariya), and Yahya (John) and ‘Îsâ (Jesus) and Iliyâs (Elias), each one of them was of the righteous.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    And Zakariya and John, and Jesus and Elias: all in the ranks of the righteous:

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    Likewise, ˹We guided˺ Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elias, who were all of the righteous.

  • Taqi Usmani

    and (We guided) Zakariyyā and YaHyā and ‘Īsā and Ilyās -each one of them was of the righteous-

  • Abdul Haleem

    Zachariah, John, Jesus, and Elijah- every one of them was righteous-

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Zachariah and John, Jesus and Elias; each was of the righteous;

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias, all righteous ones;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias, all righteous ones;

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    And Zakariyya and Yahya and Isa and ÉIlyas, (Zechariah, John, Jesus and Elias "=Elijah", respectively) each one was of the righteous.

  • George Sale

    And We guided Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias; each one of them was of the righteous.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    And Zakariyya (Zachariah) and Yahya (John, the Baptist), and Isa (Jesus) and Ilyas (Elias): All in the company of the righteous:

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    And (We guided) Zachariah, John, Jesus and Elias, every one (of them) was of the righteous.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    and Zechariah, John, Jesus and Ilyās, —each of them among the righteous—