17.55. And thy Lord is best aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth. And we preferred some of the Prophets above others, and unto David We gave the Psalms. (Pickthall)
17.55. Und dein Herr weiß am besten, wer in den Himmeln und auf der Erde ist, und Wir haben manche der Propheten gegenüber anderen begünstigt, und Wir haben Dawud eine heilige Schrift gegeben. (Ahmad v. Denffer)
17.55. Und dein Herr kennt diejenigen sehr wohl, die in den Himmeln und auf der Erde sind. Und Wir haben ja einige der Propheten vor anderen bevorzugt. Und Dawud haben Wir ein Buch der Weisheit gegeben. (Bubenheim)
17.55. Dein Herr weiss genau um die Bewohner der Himmel und der Erde. Wir haben einige Propheten den anderen vorgezogen. David haben wir bevorzugt und ihm das Zabûr-Buch herabgesandt. (Azhar)
17.55. Und dein HERR weiss besser Bescheid über diejenigen, die in den Himmeln und auf Erden sind. Und gewiß, bereits begünstigten WIR einige der Propheten vor anderen und ließen Dawud einen Zabur zuteil werden. (Zaidan)
17.55. Und dein Herr weiß sehr wohl Bescheid über die, die im Himmel und auf Erden sind. Einige der Propheten haben wir vor den anderen (durch besondere Gnadenerweise) ausgezeichnet. Und dem David haben wir einen Psalter (zabuur) gegeben. (Paret)
17.55. Und dein Herr kennt jene am besten, die in den Himmeln und auf der Erde sind. Und wahrlich, Wir erhöhten einige der Propheten über die anderen, und David gaben Wir ein Buch. (Rasul)
Tafsir von Maududi für die Ayaat 55 bis 55
Your Lord is fully aware of all the creatures in the heavens and the earth. We have exalted some Prophets above the others in ranks, ( 62 ) and We gave the Psalms to David. ( 63 )
Desc No: 62 Though this has apparently been addressed to the Holy Prophet, in fact the real addressees arc the disbelievers of Makkah. This is to rebuke them for the low opinion they held in regard to the Holy Prophet. As it commonly happens contemporaries, in general, and opponents, in particular, do not see anything great and noble in a person of their own time. The same was the case with the contemporaries of the Holy Prophet who could not see anything extraordinary or great in him. He appeared to be merely a common man of their habitation. On the other hand, they were full of praise in regard to the famous personalities who had lived in the past few centuries and imagined them to be the perfection of greatness. That is why, they raised frivolous objections against his claim to Prophethood, as if to say, "Look at this man who considers himself to be a Prophet whereas he cannot stand in comparison with the former great Prophets who are held in high esteem by all. " Allah has answered their objection, as if to say, "We are fully aware of all Our creatures in the heavens and the earth, and We know their ranks but you do not know. We know whom to favour with Prophethood, as We have been favouring the former Prophets and exalting some Prophets above others in rank."
Desc No: 63 It appears that Prophet David has been particularly mentioned to show that Prophethood dces pot mean that one should have nothing to do with the life of this world. This was the answer to the objection they were raising against the claim to Prophethood by Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him), that he was a man of the world. It means to say, "Though David was a king who had to engage himself in worldly affairs more than a common man, he was favoured by Allah with Prophethood, and given the Book, the Psalms. Likewise Muhammad (Allah's peace be upon him) could be favoured with Prophethood inspite of the fact that he had wife and children and passed his life like other common people and was ' engaged in buying and selling in the market, in short, in performing all those duties that a man of the world has to perform to meet his necessities of life. This was necessitated because according to the disbelievers of Makkah, such a man of the world could not be considered to be even a pious man, much less a Prophet, for pious people should have nothing to do with the worldly affairs but should sit in seclusion and remember God whereas the Holy Prophet had to work to fulfil the necessities of life. "
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