The Prophets
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[21:51]
AND, INDEED, long before [the time of Moses] We vouchsafed unto Abraham his consciousness of what is right; and We were aware of [what moved] him

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* v.51 : The possessive pronoun “his” affixed to the noun rushd (which, in this context, has the meaning of “consciousness of what is right”) emphasizes the highly personal, intellectual quality of Abraham’s progressive realization of God’s almightiness and uniqueness (cf. 6:74-79 as well as note 69 on 6:83); while the expression min qabl – rendered by me as “long before [the time of Moses]” – stresses, once again, the element of continuity in man’s religious insight and experience.