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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Isra 17:70

Word by word

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

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

ولقد كرَّمنا ذرية آدم بالعقل وإرسال الرسل، وسَخَّرنا لهم جميع ما في الكون، وسَخَّرنا لهم الدواب في البر والسفن في البحر لحملهم، ورزقناهم من طيبات المطاعم والمشارب، وفضَّلناهم على كثير من المخلوقات تفضيلا عظيمًا.

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