Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
and indeed, We chose them knowingly above all other people
M. M. Pickthall
And We chose them, purposely, above (all) creatures
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
And We chose them aforetime above the nations, knowingly
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
And indeed, We chose the Israelites knowingly above the others.
Safi Kaskas
And We chose them knowingly over all people
Wahiduddin Khan
We knowingly chose them above all other people
Shakir
And certainly We chose them, having knowledge, above the nations
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And, certainly, We chose them with knowledge above the worlds
T.B.Irving
We chose them knowingly ahead of [anyone in] the Universe;
Abdul Hye
and surely, We chose them (the children of Israel) above the worlds (during the time of Moses) with knowledge.
The Study Quran
We knowingly chose them over the worlds
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And We knowingly chose them over the worlds.
Talal Itani (2012)
And We chose them knowingly over all other people
Dr. Kamal Omar
And surely indeed, We chose those (Bani Israiel ) because of knowledge (they possessed), over the worlds
and We chose them, in spite of knowing their weaknesses above the nations of the world
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And indeed We already chose them, out of a knowledge, over the worlds
Muhammad Sarwar
We gave preference to the Israelites over the other people with Our knowledge
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
And We chose them, with knowledge, above all the worlds
Shabbir Ahmed
And, indeed, We chose them among the contemporary nations because of the Knowledge (of Revelation)
Dr. Munir Munshey
Of course, We chose them purposely over all others
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And We chose them before above the nations, with knowledge
And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
And We have chosen them, out of knowledge, over the worlds
Abdel Haleem
We chose them knowingly above others
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And assuredly We elected them with knowledge above the worlds
Ahmed Ali
And We exalted them over the other people knowingly
Aisha Bewley
We chose them knowingly above all other people
Ali Ünal
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)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Certainly We chose them knowingly above all the nations
Hamid S. Aziz
And certainly We chose them, knowingly (or purposely), above all the nations
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And We certainly chose them (children of Israel) knowingly above all other people.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
And We chose them above the nations knowingly
Musharraf Hussain
We knowingly favoured them above other people of their time .
Maududi
We knowingly exalted them (i.e., the Children of Israel) above other peoples of the world
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
And We have chosen them, out of knowledge, over the worlds
Mohammad Shafi
And We chose them — We knew whom to choose — above all other people
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And undoubtedly, We chose them knowingly from among the people of that time
We have chosen them from among all the people, knowingly.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
and We chose them, out of a knowledge above the nations (of their time)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And certainly We chose them above the nations, having knowledge
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And We had chosen them on knowledge over the creations all together/(universes)
Bijan Moeinian
Then I (God) gave them superiority over other nations, knowing their defaults
Faridul Haque
And We knowingly chose them, among all others of their time
Sher Ali
And WE chose them above the peoples of their time knowingly
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And surely, We chose them (the Children of Israel) above (their contemporary civilizations of) the world on the basis of knowledge
Amatul Rahman Omar
And We chose them (- the Children of Israel) on the basis of Our knowledge, over all their contemporary people
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And We chose them (the Children of Israel) above the Alameen (mankind, and jinns) (during the time of Moosa (Moses)) with knowledge
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And We had indeed chosen them knowingly above the people.
Munir Mezyed
We chose them, out of a knowledge, above all the beings.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And We knowingly chose them above everybody else.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
We chose (the Children of Israel), with knowledge, above all other nations.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And We chose them knowingly over all communities,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
We chose them knowingly ahead of [anyone in] the Universe;
Samy Mahdy
And We already chose them upon knowledge over the worlds.
Ahmed Hulusi
Indeed, We chose them (the children of Israel) over all the worlds (people) with the knowledge!
Mir Aneesuddin
And We chose them on (the issue of) knowledge, above the worlds (all people),
Such prerogative as We confined to Bani-Israel was based on Our knowledge of who best deserved, among all people of the time, to be the recipient of Our mercy and blessings
The Wise Quran
And surely, certainly We chose them upon knowledge over the worlds;