We gave David and Solomon knowledge; and they said: "All praise be to God who has favoured us over many of His creatures who believe."
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and we verily gave knowledge) and understanding through prophethood and judgeship (unto david) the son of jesse (and solomon) the son of david, (and they said) both of them: (praise be to allah) thanks and gratitude to allah, (who hath preferred us) through knowledge and prophethood (above many of his believing slaves!
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and verily we gave david and solomon, his son, knowledge, of rendering [decisive] judgement between people, and [knowledge] of the speech of birds and of other things, and they said, giving thanks to god, ‘praise be to god who has favoured us, with prophethood and the disposal of jinn, humans and devils [to our service], over many of his believing servants’.
