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Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 55 (17:55)

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وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۧنَ عَلَىٰ …

Quran 17:55 is ayah 55 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 287 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:55
وَرَبُّكَأَعْلَمُبِمَنفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗوَلَقَدْفَضَّلْنَابَعْضَٱلنَّبِيِّۧنَعَلَىٰبَعْضٍ ۖوَءَاتَيْنَادَاوُۥدَزَبُورًا٥٥
warabbuka aʿlamu biman fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi walaqad faḍḍalnā baʿḍa l-nabiyīna ʿalā baʿḍin waātaynā dāwūda zabūran

And your Lord is most knowing of whoever is in the heavens and the earth. And We have made some of the prophets exceed others [in various ways], and to David We gave the book [of Psalms].(55)

Word by word

  1. وَرَبُّكَwarabbukaAnd your Lord
  2. أَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowing
  3. بِمَنbimanof whoever
  4. فِىfī(is) in
  5. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  6. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍiand the earth
  7. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
  8. فَضَّلْنَاfaḍḍalnāWe have preferred
  9. بَعْضَbaʿḍasome
  10. ٱلنَّبِيِّۧنَl-nabiyīna(of) the Prophets
  11. عَلَىٰʿalāto
  12. بَعْضٍ ۖbaʿḍinothers
  13. وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynāAnd We gave
  14. دَاوُۥدَdāwūdaDawood
  15. زَبُورًاzabūranZaboor

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