Quran 3:33 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God chose Adam, Noah, Abraham’s family, and the family of Imran, over all other people,
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَىٰ آدَمَ وَنُوحًا وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
inna l-laha iṣ'ṭafā ādama wanūḥan waāla ib'rāhīma waāla ʿim'rāna ʿalā l-ʿālamīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God chose Adam and Noah and the House of Abraham and the House of Imran above all beings, the
- Muhammad Asad
- BEHOLD, God raised Adam, and Noah, and the House of Abraham, and the House of `Imran above all mankind,
- Sahih International
- Indeed, Allāh chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of ʿImrān over the worlds -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 3 | ٱصْطَفَىٰٓiṣ'ṭafā | chose | صفو |
| 4 | ءَادَمَādama | Adam | — |
| 5 | وَنُوحًۭاwanūḥan | and Nuh | — |
| 6 | وَءَالَwaāla | and (the) family | أول |
| 7 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | (of) Ibrahim | — |
| 8 | وَءَالَwaāla | and (the) family | أول |
| 9 | عِمْرَٰنَʿim'rāna | (of) Imran | — |
| 10 | عَلَىʿalā | over | — |
| 11 | ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna | the worlds | علم |