Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:5

28:5

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

wanurīdu an namunna ʿalā alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū fī l-arḍi wanajʿalahum a-immatan wanajʿalahumu l-wārithīna

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

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

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,

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

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Word by Word

وَنُرِيدُwanurīduAnd We wanted
أَنanto
نَّمُنَّnamunnabestow a favor
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
وَنَجْعَلَهُمْwanajʿalahumand make them
أَئِمَّةًۭa-immatanleaders
وَنَجْعَلَهُمُwanajʿalahumuand make them
ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīnathe inheritors