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Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching)

Verse 16of 37

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿١٦﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

And We did certainly give the Children of Israel the Scripture and judgement and prophethood, and We provided them with good things and preferred them over the worlds.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
وَٱلْحُكْمَwal-ḥuk'maand the wisdom
وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَwal-nubuwataand the Prophethood
وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمwarazaqnāhumand We provided them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good things
وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْwafaḍḍalnāhumand We preferred them
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Preference of Allah to the Children of Israel and their dispute thereafterAllah the Exalted mentions the favors He granted the Children of Israel, such as revealing the Divine Books to them, sending the Messengers to them and granting them kingship.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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