Surah Al Bayyinah Tafseer

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ امَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ

Verily, those who believe and do righteous good deeds,

He says that they are the best of creation.

أُوْلَيِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ

they are the best of creatures.

Abu Hurayrah and a group of the scholars have used this Ayah as a proof that the believers have a status among the creatures that is better than the angels. This is because Allah says,

أُوْلَـيِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ

(They are the best of creatures).

Then Allah says