O Children of Israel, remember My favor that I have bestowed upon you and that I preferred you over the worlds.

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels, "Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority." They said, "Will You place upon it one who causes corruption therein and sheds blood, while we declare Your praise and sanctify You?" Allah said, "Indeed, I know that which you do not know."

Then you turned away after that. And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy, you would have been among the losers.

It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

But if they turn away, then indeed - Allah is Knowing of the corrupters.

Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error.