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سورة الدّخان

Surah Al-Dukhân 44:32

The Draught · Verse 32 of 59

وَلَقَدِ اخْتَرْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And We chose them (- the Children of Israel) on the basis of Our knowledge, over all their contemporary people.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly,

Ahmed Ali

And We exalted them over the other people knowingly,

12 more translations

Ali Unal

And with knowledge (deliberately and for a purpose known to Us) We chose them (the Children of Israel) over all other peoples (in their time).

Daryabadi

And assuredly We elected them with knowledge above the worlds.

Faridul Haque

And We knowingly chose them, among all others of their time.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And certainly We chose them above the nations, having knowledge.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And WE chose them above the peoples of their time knowingly.

Muhammad Asad

and, indeed, We chose them knowingly above all other people,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And We chose them (the Children of Israel) above the 'Alamin (mankind, and jinns) [during the time of Musa (Moses)] with knowledge,

Muhammad Pickthall

And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures.

Muhammad Sarwar

We gave preference to the Israelites over the other people with Our knowledge

Muhammed ali Shakir

And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations.

Rashad Khalifa

We have chosen them from among all the people, knowingly.

Shabbir Ahmed

We chose them among the contemporary nations because of the knowledge (of revelation given to them).