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Al-Isra 17:55

وَرَبُّكَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن فِي ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ وَلَقَدۡ فَضَّلۡنَا بَعۡضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورٗا

Your Lord knows best all those in the heavens and the earth. And We have surely favoured some prophets above others, and to David We gave the Psalms. 

Word by word

وَرَبُّكَ
warabbuka
And your Lord
Vocabulary
Root: ربب
أَعۡلَمُ
aʿlamu
(is) most knowing
Vocabulary
Root: علم
بِمَن
biman
of whoever
Vocabulary
فِي
fī
(is) in
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
l-samāwāti
the heavens
Vocabulary
Root: سمو
وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ
wal-arḍi
and the earth
Vocabulary
Root: ارض
وَلَقَدۡ
walaqad
And verily
Vocabulary
فَضَّلۡنَا
faḍḍalnā
We have preferred
Vocabulary
Root: فضل
بَعۡضَ
baʿḍa
some
Vocabulary
Root: بعض
ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ
l-nabiyīna
(of) the Prophets
Vocabulary
Root: نبا
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
to
Vocabulary
بَعۡضٖۖ
baʿḍin
others
Vocabulary
Root: بعض
وَءَاتَيۡنَا
waātaynā
And We gave
Vocabulary
Root: اتي
دَاوُۥدَ
dāwūda
Dawood
Vocabulary
زَبُورٗا
zabūran
Zaboor
Vocabulary
Root: زبر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.