Quran 10:14 — Yunus, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Later We made you their successors in the land, to see how you would behave.
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ خَلَائِفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنْظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ
thumma jaʿalnākum khalāifa fī l-arḍi min baʿdihim linanẓura kayfa taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then We appointed you viceroys in the earth after them, that We might behold how you would do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And thereupon We made you their successors on earth, so that We might behold how you act.
- Sahih International
- Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْjaʿalnākum | We made you | جعل |
| 3 | خَلَـٰٓئِفَkhalāifa | successors | خلف |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 6 | مِنۢmin | after them | — |
| 7 | بَعْدِهِمْbaʿdihim | after them | بعد |
| 8 | لِنَنظُرَlinanẓura | so that We may see | نظر |
| 9 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 10 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |