We did aforetime grant to the Children(4752) of Israel the Book the Power of Command, and Prophethood; We gave them, for Sustenance, things(4753) good and pure; and We favoured them above the nations.
4752 The argument here is similar to that in 44:32-33 but; it is more particularised here. Israel had the Revelation through Moses, the power of judgement and command through the Kingdom of David and Solomon, and numerous prophetic warnings through such men as Isaiah and Jeremiah. 4753 "Sustenance", here as elsewhere is to be understood both in a physical and metaphorical sense. The Mosaic Law laid down rules of diet, excluding things unclean, and it laid down rules for a pure and honourable life. In this way Israel became the standard-bearer of Allah's law, thus "favoured above the nations."