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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 47

سورة البقرة، الآية ٤٧

2:47 Juz 1 Hizb 1 Page 7 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:47

يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّى فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٤٧

Transliteration

yābanī is'rāīla udh'kurū niʿ'matiya allatī anʿamtu ʿalaykum wa-annī faḍḍaltukum ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

Translation

O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds [i.e., peoples].

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Verse 47 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:47), a Medinan surah, is in juz 1, on page 7 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 69 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 47

Al-Mukhtasar

O Israelites, remember the sacred and worldly blessings which I gave to you, and that I favoured you over all those of your time in terms of prophethood and power.

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Other translations of verse 47

O Children of Israel, remember My blessing which I bestowed upon you and that I favored you over all other people29.

Notes

[29] In their time, Allah favored them with certain privileges over other people such as sending them prophets and divine Books, and giving them kingship.

O Children of Israel! Remember My Favour which I bestowed upon you and that I preferred you to the ‘Âlamîn [mankind and jinn (of your time period, in the past)].

O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and how I preferred you to (all) creatures.

Children of Israel! call to mind the (special) favour which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all other (for My Message).

O children of Israel! call to mind My favor which I bestowed on you and that I made you excel the nations.

O Seeds (Or: sons) of Israel remember My favor wherewith I favored you, and that I graced you over the worlds.

Verse 47 word by word

  1. يَٰبَنِىٓ yābanī O Children ب ن ي
  2. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel
  3. ٱذْكُرُوا۟ udh'kurū Remember ذ ك ر
  4. نِعْمَتِىَ niʿ'matiya My Favor ن ع م
  5. ٱلَّتِىٓ allatī which
  6. أَنْعَمْتُ anʿamtu I bestowed ن ع م
  7. عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum upon you
  8. وَأَنِّى wa-annī and that I
  9. فَضَّلْتُكُمْ faḍḍaltukum [I] preferred you ف ض ل
  10. عَلَى ʿalā over
  11. ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna the worlds ع ل م

Verses related to verse 47

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Haqqah 69:20

    إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

    Indeed, I was certain that I would be meeting my account."

  • At-Tawbah 9:67

    ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ وَٱلْمُنَٰفِقَٰتُ بَعْضُهُم مِّنۢ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَقْبِضُونَ أَيْدِيَهُمْ نَسُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

    The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands. They have forgotten Allāh, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient.

  • Ad-Dukhan 44:32

    وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:20

    وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جَعَلَ فِيكُمْ أَنۢبِيَآءَ وَجَعَلَكُم مُّلُوكًا وَءَاتَىٰكُم مَّا لَمْ يُؤْتِ أَحَدًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And [mention, O Muḥammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allāh upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:110

    كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَوْ ءَامَنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم مِّنْهُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ

    You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:122

    يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّى فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.

  • Al-Baqarah 2:40

    يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتِىَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَوْفُوا۟ بِعَهْدِىٓ أُوفِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ وَإِيَّٰىَ فَٱرْهَبُونِ

    O Children of Israel, remember My favor which I have bestowed upon you and fulfill My covenant [upon you] that I will fulfill your covenant [from Me], and be afraid of [only] Me.

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