10:14

ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ خَلَـٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

thumma jaʿalnākum khalāifa fī l-arḍi min baʿdihim linanẓura kayfa taʿmalūna

Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do.

— Saheeh International

Later We made you their successors in the land, to see how you would behave.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then We made you successors after them, generations after generations in the land, that We might see how you would work.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Word by Word

ثُمَّthummaThen

جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْjaʿalnākumWe made you

خَلَـٰٓئِفَkhalāifasuccessors

فِىfīin

ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth

مِنۢminafter them

بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihimafter them

لِنَنظُرَlinanẓuraso that We may see

كَيْفَkayfahow

تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do