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يَابَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱذْكُرُواْ نِعْمَتِيَ ٱلَّتِيۤ أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَالَمِينَ
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-Al-Baqarah ( البقرة )

Al Qushairi Tafsir

[2:122] O Children of Israel, remember My favor wherewith I favored you, and that I have preferred you over all the worlds.
His (s) way (sunna) in His address with the people of Moses (ʿa) is to call them by their proper name, saying, 'O Children of Israel, remember...', i.e., 'O Children of Jacob'. But He addresses this community [of Muḥammad] honorically, saying, 'O you who believe...'