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Ad-Dukhan (The Smoke)

Verse 32of 59

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٣٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd certainly
ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْikh'tarnāhumWe chose them
عَلَىٰʿalāby
عِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Musa and Fir`awn, and how the Children of Israel were savedAllah tells us, `before these idolators, We tested the people of Fir`awn, the copts of Egypt.'وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ(when there came to them a noble Messenger.) means, Musa, peace be upon him, the one to whom Allah spoke.أَنْ أَدُّواْ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ(Deliver to me the servants of Allah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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