Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:70

17:70

۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا

walaqad karramnā banī ādama waḥamalnāhum fī l-bari wal-baḥri warazaqnāhum mina l-ṭayibāti wafaḍḍalnāhum ʿalā kathīrin mimman khalaqnā tafḍīlan

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.

— Saheeh International

We have honoured the children of Adam and carried them by land and sea; We have provided good sustenance for them and favoured them specially above many of those We have created.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We have honoured the Children of Adam, and We have carried them on land and sea, and have provided them with At-Tayyibât (lawful good things), and have preferred them above many of those whom We have created with a marked preferment.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
كَرَّمْنَاkarramnāWe have honored
بَنِىٓbanī(the) children of Adam
ءَادَمَādama(the) children of Adam
وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْwaḥamalnāhumand We carried them
فِىfīon
ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
وَٱلْبَحْرِwal-baḥriand the sea
وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمwarazaqnāhumand We have provided them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good things
وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْwafaḍḍalnāhumand We preferred them
عَلَىٰʿalāover
كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmany
مِّمَّنْmimmanof those whom
خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe have created
تَفْضِيلًۭاtafḍīlan(with) preference