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And mention [also] Our servants Ishmael, and Elisha, who was a prophet (the lām [here in al-Yasa'] is extra) and Dhū'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 (akhyār is the plural of khayyir).