Quran 27:15 — An-Naml, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا دَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ عِلْمًا ۖ وَقَالَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي فَضَّلَنَا عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
walaqad ātaynā dāwūda wasulaymāna ʿil'man waqālā l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī faḍḍalanā ʿalā kathīrin min ʿibādihi l-mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We gave David and Solomon knowledge and they said, 'Praise belongs to God who has preferred us over many of His believing servants.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, INDEED, We granted [true] knowledge unto David and Solomon [as well]; and both were wont to say: All praise is due to God, who has [thus] favoured us above many of His believing servants!”
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَاātaynā | We gave | أتي |
| 3 | دَاوُۥدَdāwūda | Dawood | — |
| 4 | وَسُلَيْمَـٰنَwasulaymāna | and Sulaiman | — |
| 5 | عِلْمًۭا ۖʿil'man | knowledge | علم |
| 6 | وَقَالَاwaqālā | and they said | قول |
| 7 | ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamdu | Praise be | حمد |
| 8 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | the One Who | — |
| 10 | فَضَّلَنَاfaḍḍalanā | has favored us | فضل |
| 11 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 12 | كَثِيرٍۢkathīrin | many | كثر |
| 13 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 14 | عِبَادِهِʿibādihi | His servants | عبد |
| 15 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |