سُوْرَةُ الْقَصَصِ

Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 5

The Stories · Meccan · Juz 20 · Page 385

وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ ﴿5﴾
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,
وَنُرِيدُ wanurīdu And We wanted
أَن an to
نَّمُنَّ namunna bestow a favor
عَلَى ʿalā upon
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ us'tuḍ'ʿifū were oppressed
فِى in
ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the land
وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ wanajʿalahum and make them
أَئِمَّةًۭ a-immatan leaders
وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ wanajʿalahumu and make them
ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ l-wārithīna the inheritors

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5-1. Thus it happened, and Allah made this weak and enslaved people the inheritors (owners and rulers) of the East and the West, and also made them the leaders and Imams of the religion.