Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:16

45:16

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحُكْمَ وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

walaqad ātaynā banī is'rāīla l-kitāba wal-ḥuk'ma wal-nubuwata warazaqnāhum mina l-ṭayibāti wafaḍḍalnāhum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

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

— Saheeh International

We gave scripture, wisdom, and prophethood to the Children of Israel; We provided them with good things and favoured them above others;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed We gave the Children of Israel the Scripture, and the understanding of the Scripture and its laws, and the Prophethood; and provided them with good things, and preferred them above the ‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn of their time, during that period),

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

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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
ءَاتَيْنَاātaynāWe gave
بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
وَٱلْحُكْمَwal-ḥuk'maand the wisdom
وَٱلنُّبُوَّةَwal-nubuwataand the Prophethood
وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُمwarazaqnāhumand We provided them
مِّنَminaof
ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِl-ṭayibātithe good things
وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْwafaḍḍalnāhumand We preferred them
عَلَىʿalāover
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds