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Quran 17:70

Surah Al-Isra (The Night Journey), verse 70 of 111 · Juz 15

وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا

Translations of Quran 17:70
EnglishTalal Itani

We have honored the Children of Adam, and carried them on land and sea, and provided them with good things, and greatly favored them over many of those We created.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

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.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Şanım hakkı için biz benî ademi tekrîm ettik karada ve denizde binidlere yükledik ve hoş hoş ni'metlerden besledik, yarattıklarımızdan çoğunun üzerine geçirdik

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Nous honorâmes les enfants d’Adam. Nous les portâmes sur la terre et sur les mers ; nous leur donnâmes pour nourriture des aliments délicieux, et nous leur accordâmes une grande supériorité sur un grand nombre d’êtres que nous avons créés.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En wij hebben de kinderen van Adam met onderscheidene bijzondere voorrechten en gunsten vereerd; wij droegen hen ter land en ter zee en hebben hen van goed voedsel voorzien, en wij hebben hen de voorkeur gegeven boven velen der schepselen welke wij hebben geschapen, door hun groote voorrechten te verleenen.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Accordammo onori ai figli d’Adamo. Li portammo sulla terra, e sopra i mari; demmo loro per cibarsi alimenti deliziosi, ed una grande superiorità sopra tanti esseri da noi creati.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.