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Al-Isra 55

Ayah 55 of 111 · Meccan

وَرَبُّكَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَلَقَدۡ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورٗا ٥٥

And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَرَبُّكَAnd your Lordwarabbuka
  2. أَعۡلَمُ(is) most knowingaʿlamu
  3. بِمَنof whoeverbiman
  4. فِي(is) infī
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِthe heavensl-samāwāti
  6. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗand the earthwal-arḍi
  7. وَلَقَدۡAnd verilywalaqad
  8. فَضَّلۡنَاWe have preferredfaḍḍalnā
  9. بَعۡضَsomebaʿḍa
  10. ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ(of) the Prophetsl-nabiyīna
  11. عَلَىٰtoʿalā
  12. بَعۡضٖۖothersbaʿḍin
  13. وَءَاتَيۡنَاAnd We gavewaātaynā
  14. دَاوُۥدَDawooddāwūda
  15. زَبُورٗاZaboorzabūran

Tafsir

Your Lord, O Messenger, has full knowledge of all who are in the heavens and earth, and He fully knows their conditions and what they deserve. And I preferred some prophets over others through numerous followers and by revealing books to them. And I granted David my book, the Psalms.

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