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  • وَٱذۡكُرۡ And remember
  • إِسۡمَٰعِيلَ Ismail
  • وَٱلۡيَسَعَ and Al-Yasa
  • وَذَا and Dhul-kifl
  • ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ and Dhul-kifl
  • وَكُلّٞ and all
  • مِّنَ (are) from
  • ٱلۡأَخۡيَارِ the best
And remember Ishmael, Elisha and Dhul-Kifl, and all are among the outstanding.
And mention [also] Our servants Ishmael, and Elisha, who was a prophet (the laam [here in al-Yasa'] is extra) and Dhoo'l-Kifl - there is disagreement over whether he was a prophet; it is said that [he was so called because] he looked after (kafala) a hundred prophets who had sought refuge with him from being killed. Each, that is, every one of them, was among the excellent (akhyaar is the plural of khayyir).