۞ وَلَقَدۡ
كَرَّمۡنَا
بَنِيٓ
ءَادَمَ
وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُمۡ
فِي
ٱلۡبَرِّ
وَٱلۡبَحۡرِ
وَرَزَقۡنَٰهُم
مِّنَ
ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ
وَفَضَّلۡنَٰهُمۡ
عَلَىٰ
كَثِيرٖ
مِّمَّنۡ
خَلَقۡنَا
تَفۡضِيلٗا
٧٠
Verily we have honoured 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.
— M. Pickthall
And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.
— Saheeh International
We have honoured 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 favours, above a great part of our creation.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Honor and noble Nature of Man
Allah tells us how He has honored the sons of Adam and made them noble by creating them in the best and most perfect of forms, as He says:
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَـنَ فِى أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ
(Verily, We created man in the best stature (mould).) (95:4) He walks upright
…The Honor and noble Nature of Man
Allah tells us how He has honored the sons of Adam and made them noble by creating them in the best and most perfect
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