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Al-Jathiyah 16

Ayah 16 of 37 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ ءَاتَيۡنَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحُكۡمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ١٦

And We did certainly give the Children of Israel the Scripture and judgement1 and prophethood, and We provided them with good things and preferred them over the worlds.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Understanding of the law.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. ءَاتَيۡنَاWe gaveātaynā
  3. بَنِيٓ(the) Children of Israelbanī
  4. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ(the) Children of Israelis'rāīla
  5. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  6. وَٱلۡحُكۡمَand the wisdomwal-ḥuk'ma
  7. وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَand the Prophethoodwal-nubuwata
  8. وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُمand We provided themwarazaqnāhum
  9. مِّنَofmina
  10. ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِthe good thingsl-ṭayibāti
  11. وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡand We preferred themwafaḍḍalnāhum
  12. عَلَىoverʿalā
  13. ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَthe worldsl-ʿālamīna

Tafsir

I granted the Israelites the Torah and deciding between people according to its rule, and I made most of the prophets amongst them from the children of Abraham (peace be upon him), and I provided them with different types of good things and I granted them virtue over the worlds in their era.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran