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Al-Isra (The Night Journey)

Verse 70of 111

۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍۢ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًۭا﴿٧٠﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.

Word-by-word meaning

۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
كَرَّمْنَاkarramnāWe have honored
بَنِىٓbanī(the) children of Adam
ءَادَمَādama(the) children of Adam
وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْwaḥamalnāhumand We carried them
فِىfīon
ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
وَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea
وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمwarazaqnāhumand We have provided them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good things
وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْwafaḍḍalnāhumand We preferred them
عَلَىٰʿalāover
كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmany
مِّمَّنْmimmanof those whom
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe have created
تَفْضِيلًۭاtafḍīlan(with) preference

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Honor and noble Nature of ManAllah tells us how He has honored the sons of Adam and made them noble by creating them in the best and most perfect of forms, as He says:لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَـنَ فِى أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ (Verily, We created man in the best stature (mould).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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