The Holy Quran 17:70 — Surah Al-Isra

Arabic text

۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا

Translation

It is indeed true that We have granted honour to the children of Aadam عليه الصلاة والسلام (by granting him superior intelligence, an eloquent tongue, a beautiful appearance and much more). (In addition to all the favours We have blessed man with,) We carried him on land (on animals and other means of transport) and sea (on sea-faring vessels), provided him with pure sustenance and granted him great superiority over many of Our creation. (Whereas the best of mankind are better than the best of other creation, there are many who are worse than Allaah's other creation.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The superiority of the children of Adam: that is, [Allah] has granted man beauty of form, speech, the faculty of planning, and reason and senses, by which he understands the harm and benefit of this world and the Hereafter and distinguishes between good and bad. The paths of progress lie open to him in every direction.

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