The word(s) "preferred" appears 12 time(s) in 12 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Pickthal translation.

(1) O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and how I preferred you to (all) creatures.

(2) O Children of Israel! Remember My favour wherewith I favoured you and how I preferred you to (all) creatures.

(3) Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham and the Family of 'Imran above (all His) creatures.

(4) And when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah hath chosen thee and made thee pure, and hath preferred thee above (all) the women of creation.

(5) He said: O Moses! I have preferred thee above mankind by My messages and by My speaking (unto thee). So hold that which I have given thee, and be among the thankful.

(6) They said: By Allah, verily Allah hath preferred thee above us, and we were indeed sinful.

(7) And thy Lord is Best Aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth. And we preferred some of the prophets above others, and unto David We gave the Psalms.

(8) Verily we have honoured the Children of Adam. We carry them on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked preferment.

(9) And We verily gave knowledge unto David and Solomon, and they said: Praise be to Allah, Who hath preferred us above many of His believing slaves!

(10) (And again of their falsehood): He hath preferred daughters to sons.