Quran 6:165 — Al-An'aam, verse 165
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It is He who made you successors on the earth and raises some of you above others in rank, to test you through what He gives you. [Prophet], your Lord is swift in punishment, yet He is most forgiving and merciful.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَكُمْ خَلَائِفَ الْأَرْضِ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَكُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِي مَا آتَاكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ سَرِيعُ الْعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُ لَغَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
wahuwa alladhī jaʿalakum khalāifa l-arḍi warafaʿa baʿḍakum fawqa baʿḍin darajātin liyabluwakum fī mā ātākum inna rabbaka sarīʿu l-ʿiqābi wa-innahu laghafūrun raḥīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It is He who has appointed you viceroys in the earth, and has raised some of you in rank above others, that He may try you in what He has given you. Surely thy Lord is swift in retribution; and surely He is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, He it is who has made you inherit the earth, and has raised some of you by degrees above others, so that He might try you by means of what He has bestowed upon you. Verily, thy Sustainer is swift in retribution: yet, behold, He is indeed much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- And it is He who has made you successors upon the earth and has raised some of you above others in degrees [of rank] that He may try you through what He has given you. Indeed, your Lord is swift in penalty; but indeed, He is Forgiving and Merciful.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَهُوَwahuwa | And He | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) the One Who | — |
| 3 | جَعَلَكُمْjaʿalakum | (has) made you | جعل |
| 4 | خَلَـٰٓئِفَkhalāifa | successors | خلف |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | (of) the earth | أرض |
| 6 | وَرَفَعَwarafaʿa | and raised | رفع |
| 7 | بَعْضَكُمْbaʿḍakum | some of you | بعض |
| 8 | فَوْقَfawqa | above | فوق |
| 9 | بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍin | others | بعض |
| 10 | دَرَجَـٰتٍۢdarajātin | (in) ranks | درج |
| 11 | لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakum | so that He may test you | بلو |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 14 | ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۗātākum | He has given you | أتي |
| 15 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 16 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | your Lord | ربب |
| 17 | سَرِيعُsarīʿu | (is) swift | سرع |
| 18 | ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi | (in) the punishment | عقب |
| 19 | وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahu | and indeed, He (is) | — |
| 20 | لَغَفُورٌۭlaghafūrun | [certainly], Oft-Forgiving | غفر |
| 21 | رَّحِيمٌۢraḥīmun | Most Merciful | رحم |