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Al-Isra 70

Ayah 70 of 111 · Meccan

۞ وَلَقَدۡ كَرَّمۡنَا بَنِيٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡبَرِّ وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٖ مِّمَّنۡ خَلَقۡنَا تَفۡضِيلٗا ٧٠

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. كَرَّمۡنَاWe have honoredkarramnā
  3. بَنِيٓ(the) children of Adambanī
  4. ءَادَمَ(the) children of Adamādama
  5. وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُمۡand We carried themwaḥamalnāhum
  6. فِيonfī
  7. ٱلۡبَرِّthe landl-bari
  8. وَٱلۡبَحۡرِand the seawal-baḥri
  9. وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُمand We have provided themwarazaqnāhum
  10. مِّنَofmina
  11. ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِthe good thingsl-ṭayibāti
  12. وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡand We preferred themwafaḍḍalnāhum
  13. عَلَىٰoverʿalā
  14. كَثِيرٖmanykathīrin
  15. مِّمَّنۡof those whommimman
  16. خَلَقۡنَاWe have createdkhalaqnā
  17. تَفۡضِيلٗا(with) preferencetafḍīlan

Tafsir

And I have honoured the children of Adam through intellect, making the angels prostrate to their father, and I subjugated for them the animals and vehicles that carry them on land, and the ships that carry them by sea. And I provided them with good food, drink, spouses and other things, and I granted them much virtue over much of My creation. They must be grateful therefore for Allah’s favours on them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran