Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-An'aam, Ayah 85
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Tafsir
(And Zachariah and John and Jesus and Elias. Each one (of them)) We guided by bestowing upon them prophethood and Islam; and all of them were of the seed of Abraham (was of the righteous) i.e. they were messengers.
Related Hadiths
"Zakariyya was a carpenter."
Zakariyya (peace be upon him) was a carpenter.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakariya with the same chain of transmitters.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakriyya' through another chain of transmitters.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakariya b. Abu Za'ida with the same chain of transmitters.
'Abd Rabbihi and Yahya b. Sa'id also narrated this tradition from the Prophet (ﷺ) omitting the name of the Companion (mursal). Their grandfather Zaid prayed along with the Prophet (ﷺ).
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Yahya with the same chain of transmitters.
Abu Bakr b Abu Shaiban and Yahya b Abu Bukair both of them narrated this hadith with the same chain of transmitters.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And Zachariah and his son John and Jesus son of Mary — this shows that the term ‘seed’ dhurriyya can include offspring from the female side — and Elias the paternal nephew of Aaron brother of Moses; all of them were of the righteous.