Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:15

27:15

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَ عِلْمًا ۖ وَقَالَا ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّنْ عِبَادِهِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

walaqad ātaynā dāwūda wasulaymāna ʿil'man waqālā l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī faḍḍalanā ʿalā kathīrin min ʿibādihi l-mu'minīna

And We had certainly given to David and Solomon knowledge, and they said, "Praise [is due] to Allāh, who has favored us over many of His believing servants."

— Saheeh International

We gave knowledge to David and Solomon, and they both said, ‘Praise be to God, who has favoured us over many of His believing servants.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We gave knowledge to Dâwûd (David) and Sulaimân (Solomon), and they both said: "All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has preferred us above many of His believing slaves!"

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

Juz 19Page 378meccan

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawood
وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymānaand Sulaiman
عِلْمًۭاۖʿil'manknowledge
وَقَالَاwaqālāand they said
ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduPraise be
لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
فَضَّلَنَاfaḍḍalanāhas favored us
عَلَىٰʿalāover
كَثِيرٍۢkathīrinmany
مِّنْminof
عِبَادِهِʿibādihiHis servants
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers