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Qur’an 6:85

Surah The Cattle (Al-An'aam) · verse 85

“And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one (of them) was of the righteous”
Qur’an 6:85 · Pickthall

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930), public domain, via tanzil.net. Reproduced in full; every reference checked against its source.

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