Quran 17:55 — Al-Israa, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Your Lord knows best about everyone in the heavens and the earth. We gave some prophets more than others: We gave David a book [of Psalms].
وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ ۖ وَآتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ زَبُورًا
warabbuka aʿlamu biman fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walaqad faḍḍalnā baʿḍa l-nabiyīna ʿalā baʿḍin waātaynā dāwūda zabūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And thy Lord knows very well all who are in the heavens and the earth; and We have preferred some Prophets over others; and We gave to David Psalms.
- Muhammad Asad
- seeing that thy Sustainer is fully aware of [what is in the minds of] all beings that are in the heavens and on earth. But, indeed, We did endow some of the prophets more highly than others -just as We bestowed upon David a book of divine wisdom [in token of Our grace]
- Sahih International
- And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَرَبُّكَwarabbuka | And your Lord | ربب |
| 2 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | (is) most knowing | علم |
| 3 | بِمَنbiman | of whoever | — |
| 4 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 6 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 7 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 8 | فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnā | We have preferred | فضل |
| 9 | بَعْضَbaʿḍa | some | بعض |
| 10 | ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīna | (of) the Prophets | نبأ |
| 11 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 12 | بَعْضٍۢ ۖbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 13 | وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynā | And We gave | أتي |
| 14 | دَاوُۥدَdāwūda | Dawood | — |
| 15 | زَبُورًۭاzabūran | Zaboor | زبر |