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Verse85-86-87

(85) وَ زَكَرِيَّا وَ يَحْيى‏ وَ عِيسى‏ وَ إِلْياسَ كُلٌّ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

(86)وَ إِسْماعِيلَ وَ الْيَسَعَ وَ يُونُسَ وَ لُوطاً وَ كلاًّ فَضَّلْنا عَلَى الْعالَمِينَ

(87) وَ مِنْ آبائِهِمْ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَ إِخْوانِهِمْ وَ اجْتَبَيْناهُمْ وَ هَدَيْناهُمْ إِلى‏ صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ

85. " And Zakariya and John and Jesus and Elias; each one (of them) was of the righteous."
86. " And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot, and everyone (of them) did We prefer above all beings."
87. " And from among their fathers and their descendants and their brethren, and We chose them and guided them into the straight way."


Commentary :
Following the previous names of prophets, through the first verse of the verses mentioned above, the Qur'an refers to the names of some other prophets. It says :
" And Zakariya and John and Jesus and Elias; each one (of them) was of the righteous."
The purpose of the verse is that the ranks of these prophets were not given obligatory or ceremonial, but they obtained personality and greatness with Allah because of their own righteous deeds.
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In the second verse, there have been mentioned four more names of the divine prophets. It says :
" And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot, and everyone (of them) did We prefer above all beings."
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The third verse contains a general hint to the fathers, children and brothers of the above-mentioned prophets, whose names have not been referred to in details here. It says :
" And from among their fathers and their descendants and their brethren, and We chose them and guided them into the straight way."
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