Root ف ض ل — A Dictionary of Quranic Verbs

VerbForm IItransitivegoverned by علىto prefer, favour, to cause to excel, to give preference

Root: ف ض ل

Quranic witness · shāhid

يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَأَنِّي فَضَّلْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ

“To prefer, favour, give preference”

VerbForm Vintransitivegoverned by علىto seek to make one self superior, to assert one self of superiority, to claim to be superior

Root: ف ض ل

Quranic witness · shāhid

فَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن قَوْمِهِ مَا هَٰذَا إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتَفَضَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ

“To claim superiority over”