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Ali 'Imran 33

Ayah 33 of 200 · Medinan

۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ وَنُوحٗا وَءَالَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَءَالَ عِمۡرَٰنَ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٣٣

Indeed, Allāh chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of ʿImrān over the worlds -

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ إِنَّIndeedinna
  2. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  3. ٱصۡطَفَىٰٓchoseiṣ'ṭafā
  4. ءَادَمَAdamādama
  5. وَنُوحٗاand Nuhwanūḥan
  6. وَءَالَand (the) familywaāla
  7. إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ(of) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  8. وَءَالَand (the) familywaāla
  9. عِمۡرَٰنَ(of) Imranʿim'rāna
  10. عَلَىoverʿalā
  11. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

Allah honoured Adam (peace be upon him), by making the angels prostrate before him; Noah, by making him the first messenger to the people of the earth; the family of Abraham, by placing prophethood in his children; and the family of ‘Imrān, the father of Mary – which is a reference to Jesus (peace be upon him). He selected all of them and preferred them over all the people of their time.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran