The Holy Quran 44:32 — Surah Ad-Dukhan

Arabic text

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Translation

Without doubt, according to (Our thorough) knowledge (and wisdom) We granted superiority to the Bani Israa'eel over the (people of the) universe (during their time).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The Superiority of the Children of Israel: that is, although the weaknesses of the Children of Israel were also known to Us, We nevertheless gave them superiority over all the people of that time. And some particular merits are such that no nation has been granted them to this day — for example, the raising up among them of such a countless number of…

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