Quran 28:5 — Al-Qasas, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but We wished to favour those who were oppressed in that land, to make them leaders, the ones to survive,
وَنُرِيدُ أَنْ نَمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوَارِثِينَ
wanurīdu an namunna ʿalā alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū fī l-arḍi wanajʿalahum a-immatan wanajʿalahumu l-wārithīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet We desired to be gracious to those that were abased in the land, and to make them leaders, and to make them the inheritors,
- Muhammad Asad
- 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],
- Sahih International
- And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَنُرِيدُwanurīdu | And We wanted | رود |
| 2 | أَنan | to | — |
| 3 | نَّمُنَّnamunna | bestow a favor | منن |
| 4 | عَلَىʿalā | upon | — |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 6 | ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifū | were oppressed | ضعف |
| 7 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 8 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 9 | وَنَجْعَلَهُمْwanajʿalahum | and make them | جعل |
| 10 | أَئِمَّةًۭa-immatan | leaders | أمم |
| 11 | وَنَجْعَلَهُمُwanajʿalahumu | and make them | جعل |
| 12 | ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīna | the inheritors | ورث |