Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 70
| ۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ وَحَمَلْنَاهُمْ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا |
| Transliteration | : | wa- la- qad karramnaa bane 'aadam wa- h.amalnaa -hum fe al- barr wa- al- bah.r wa- razaqnaa -hum min at.- t.ayyibaat wa- fad.d.alnaa -hum calaa kather min man khalaqnaa tafd.el(an) |
| Pickthall | : | Verily We have honored the children of Adam. We carry them on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked preferment. |
| Asad | : | NOW, INDEED, We have conferred dignity on the children of Adam,83 and borne them over land and sea, and provided for them sustenance out of the good things of life, and favoured them far above most of Our creation: |
| Malik | : | It is Our favor that We have honored the children of Adam, blessed them with conveyances on land and sea, provided them with good and pure things and exalted them above many of Our creatures. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | We have honored the sons of Adam; provided them with transport on land and sea; given them for sustenance things good and pure; and conferred on them special favors above a great part of Our Creation. 2265 |
Note - 83I.e., by bestowing upon them the faculty of conceptual
thinking (cf. 2:31 and the corresponding note [23]),
which makes them superior in this respect to all other
animate beings, and even to the angels. By stressing here
this unique distinction of man, the present passage
connects with, and continues the theme of, verse {61}
above.
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Note - 2265The distinction and honour conferred by Allah on man are
recounted in order to enforce the corresponding duties
and responsibilities of man. He is raised to a position
of honour above the brute creation: he has been granted
talents by which he can transport himself from place to
place by land, sea, and now by air: all the means for the
sustenance and growth of every part of his nature are
provided by Allah; and his spiritual faculties (the
greatest gift of Allah) raise him above the greater part
of Allah's Creation. Should he not then realise his noble
destiny and prepare for his real life in the Hereafter?
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I.e., by bestowing upon them the faculty of conceptual thinking (cf. 2:31 and the corresponding note [23]), which makes them superior in this respect to all other animate beings, and even to the angels. By stressing here this unique distinction of man, the present passage connects with, and continues the theme of, verse {61} above. |
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The distinction and honour conferred by Allah on man are recounted in order to enforce the corresponding duties and responsibilities of man. He is raised to a position of honour above the brute creation: he has been granted talents by which he can transport himself from place to place by land, sea, and now by air: all the means for the sustenance and growth of every part of his nature are provided by Allah; and his spiritual faculties (the greatest gift of Allah) raise him above the greater part of Allah's Creation. Should he not then realise his noble destiny and prepare for his real life in the Hereafter? |
