Inna Allaha istafa adama wanoohan waala ibraheema waala AAimrana AAala alAAalameena
English
Ahmed Ali
God had chosen Adam and Noah and the families of Abraham and 'Imran in preference to others.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : when the jews heard this, they said: “we follow the religion of adam: we are muslims”, and so allah revealed the following: (lo! allah preferred adam) with islam (and noah) with islam (and the family of abraham) the children of abraham with islam (and the family of 'imran) moses and aaron with islam (above (all his) creatures) above all the people of their times. it is also said that amran is not the father of moses and aaron.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : lo! god preferred, he has chosen, adam and noah and the house of abraham and the house of ‘imrān, meaning [he preferred] their selves [sc. abraham and ‘imrān], above the worlds, by making prophethood reside in [them and] their progeny:
