Surah Al-Qasas — Verse 5

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وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ

Wanureedu an namunna AAala allatheenaistudAAifoo fee al-ardi wanajAAalahum a-immatanwanajAAalahumu alwaritheen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

but We wished to favour those who were oppressed in that land, to make them leaders, the ones to survive,

Marmaduke Pickthall

And We desired to show favour unto those who were oppressed in the earth, and to make them examples and to make them the inheritors,

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And We wished to be Gracious to those who were being depressed in the land, to make them leaders (in Faith) and make them heirs,

Mufti Taqi Usmani

while We intended to favor those who were held as weak in the land, and to make them leaders and make them inheritors,

Al-Hilali & Khan

And We wished to do a favour to those who were weak (and oppressed) in the land, and to make them rulers and to make them the inheritors,

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

We wanted to bestow favour on those who were oppressed in the land. We wanted to make them leaders and heirs

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

But it was Our will to bestow Our favour upon those [very people] who were deemed [so] utterly low in the land, and to make them forerunners in faith. and to make them heirs [to Pharaoh’s glory],

Rowwad · source edition

But We wanted to bestow favor upon those who were oppressed in the land[4], and make them leaders and inheritors [of the land],

Notes

[4] i.e., the Children of Israel who were oppressed by Pharaoh in Egypt.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

5. And We wished to do a favour to those who were weak (and oppressed) in the land, and to make them rulers and to make them the inheritors,