Surah Al-An'am 6:87 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 87 / 165 · Page 138

ۖ وَمِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَإِخْوَانِهِمْ وَاجْتَبَيْنَاهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَمِنْ
wamin
And from
آبَائِهِمْ
abaihim
their fathers
وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ
wadhurriyyatihim
and their descendents
وَإِخْوَانِهِمْ
wa-ikh'wanihim
and their brothers
وَاجْتَبَيْنَاهُمْ
wa-ij'tabaynahum
and We chose them
وَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ
wahadaynahum
and We guided them
إِلَى
ila
to
صِرَاطٍ
siratin
a path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
mus'taqimin
straight

Transliteration

Wa min aabaaa'ihim wa zurriyyaatihim wa ikhwaanihim wajtabainaahum wa hadainaahum ilaa Siraatim Mustaqeem

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (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.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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