Quran 2:47 — Al-Baqara, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Children of Israel, remember how I blessed you and favoured you over other people.
يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
yābanī is'rāīla udh'kurū niʿ'matiya allatī anʿamtu ʿalaykum wa-annī faḍḍaltukum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Children of Israel, remember My blessing wherewith I blessed you, and that I have preferred you above all beings;
- Muhammad Asad
- O children of Israel! Remember those blessings of Mine with which I graced you, and how I favoured you above all other people;
- Sahih International
- O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds [i.e., peoples].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰبَنِىٓyābanī | O Children | بني |
| 2 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 3 | ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurū | Remember | ذكر |
| 4 | نِعْمَتِىَniʿ'matiya | My Favor | نعم |
| 5 | ٱلَّتِىٓallatī | which | — |
| 6 | أَنْعَمْتُanʿamtu | I bestowed | نعم |
| 7 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 8 | وَأَنِّىwa-annī | and that I | — |
| 9 | فَضَّلْتُكُمْfaḍḍaltukum | [I] preferred you | فضل |
| 10 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 11 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | the worlds | علم |