Al-Anbya Verse 51

And indeed, We had granted Abraham sound judgment early on, for We knew him well ˹to be worthy of it˺.

Indeed, We had given Abraham sound judgment before, for We know him well.

We gave Abraham aforetime his rectitude -- for We knew him --

Long ago We bestowed right judgement on Abraham and We knew him well.

And assuredly We vouchsafed un to lbrahim his rectitude aforetime, and him We had ever known.

We bestowed aforetime on Abraham his rectitude of conduct, and well were We acquainted with him.

Surely We had bestowed wisdom upon Abraham even earlier, and We knew him well.

We had earlier given Abraham true direction, for We knew him well.

And indeed We bestowed Ibrahim with guidance from the beginning, and We were Aware of him.

Certainly We had given Abraham his probity before, and We knew him

Indeed We had, before this, granted Abraham discretion and his particular consciousness of truth, and We knew him very well (in all aspects of his character).

And We gave Abraham his rectitude (befitting his station as a Prophet of God) before (this). We knew him fully well (for his personal qualities).

And We had given Abraham his correct/right guidance from before, and We were with (about) him knowing.

And indeed We bestowed Ibrahim with guidance from the beginning, and We were Aware of him.

This is a blessed Reminder which We have sent down (or revealed), will you then reject it?

And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim (Abraham) his (portion of) guidance, and We were Well-Acquainted with him (as to his Belief in the Oneness of Allah, etc.).

And this is a blessed Reminder, which We have revealed. Will you then deny it?

And certainly We gave to Ibrahim his rectitude before, and We knew him fully well.

And We verily gave Abraham of old his proper course, and We were Aware of him,

To Abraham We gave the right guidance and We knew him very well.

Before this We gave Abraham his virtue, for We knew him.

And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim his guidance, and We were Well-Acquainted with him.

Before this We gave Abraham his guidance. We knew him well.

We gave Abraham his integrity formerly, and We knew him well.

And verily We had given Abraham his rectitude before, that is, his [right] guidance before he came of age -- and We were Aware of him, in that he was deserving of such [guidance],

The Story of Ibrahim and his People

Allah tells;

وَلَقَدْ اتَيْنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ رُشْدَهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِه عَالِمِينَ



And indeed We bestowed aforetime on Ibrahim his guidance,

Allah tells us about His close Friend Ibrahim, peace be upon him, and how He bestowed upon him guidance aforetime, i.e., from an early age He inspired him with truth and evidence against his people, as Allah says elsewhere;

وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَأ ءَاتَيْنَـهَأ إِبْرَهِيمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ

And that was Our proof which We gave Ibrahim against his people. (6;83)

The point here is that Allah is telling us that He gave guidance to Ibrahim aforetime, i.e., He had already guided him at an early age.

وَكُنَّا بِه عَالِمِينَ

and We were Well-Acquainted with him.

means, and he was worthy of that.

Then Allah says;

إِذْ قَالَ لاَِبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِ مَا هَذِهِ التَّمَاثِيلُ الَّتِي أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَاكِفُونَ