Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Qasas Verse 5

Mufti Taqi Usmani

while We intended to favor those who were held as weak in the land, and to make them leaders and make them inheritors,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But it was Our Will to favour those who were oppressed in the land, making them models ˹of faith˺ as well as successors;

Ruwwad Translation Center

But We wanted to bestow favor upon those who were oppressed in the land, and make them leaders and inheritors [of the land],

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,

Abdul Haleem

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

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And We desired that We should be gracious unto those who were weakened in the land, and We should make them leaders and We should make them the inheritors.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And We wished to be Gracious to those who were being depressed in the land, to make them leaders (in Faith) and make them heirs,

Abul Ala Maududi

We wanted to bestow favour on those who were oppressed in the land. We wanted to make them leaders and heirs

Ahmed Ali

We wished to favour those who were weak in the land and make them leaders and heirs,

Ahmed Raza Khan

And We willed to favour those who were weak in the earth, and to make them leaders and to make them the inheritors (of the land and wealth of Firaun’s people).

Ali Quli Qarai

And We desired to show favour to those who were abased in the land, and to make them imams, and to make them the heirs,

Ali Ünal

But We willed to bestow Our favor upon those who were humiliated and oppressed in the land, and make of them exemplary leaders (to guide people on the way to God and in their lives), and make them inheritors (of the glory of the Pharaoh and the land in which We produced blessings for people).

Amatul Rahman Omar

And We chose to confer favour upon those who had been rendered weak in the land and to make them leaders and to bestow a kingdom upon them, thus make them inheritors (of Our blessings).

English Literal

And We want/intend that We bless on those who were weakened in the earth/Planet Earth, and We make them leaders/examples, and We make them the heirs/inheritants.

Faridul Haque

And We willed to favour those who were weak in the earth, and to make them leaders and to make them the inheritors (of the land and wealth of Firaun’s people).

Hamid S. Aziz

Verily, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and divided the people thereof into sects (and casts); one section of them he oppressed, slaughtering their sons and sparing their women. Verily, he was of those who work corruption.

Hilali & Khan

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,

Maulana Mohammad Ali

We recite to thee the story of Moses and Pharaoh with truth, for a people who believe.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

And We desired to bestow a favor upon those who were deemed weak in the land, and to make them the Imams, and to make them the heirs,

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And We desired to show favour unto those who were oppressed in the earth, and to make them examples and to make them the inheritors,

Muhammad Sarwar

But We have decided to grant a favor to the suppressed ones by appointing them leaders and heirs of the land,

Qaribullah & Darwish

But We wanted to be gracious to those abased in the land, and to make them leaders and inheritors,

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

And We wished to do a favor to those who were weak in the land, and to make them rulers and to make them the inheritors,

Wahiduddin Khan

We wished to favour those who were oppressed in the land, and to make them leaders and make them inheritors [of Our bounties],

Talal Itani

But We desired to favor those who were oppressed in the land, and to make them leaders, and to make them the inheritors.

Tafsir jalalayn

And We desired to show favour to those who were oppressed in the land, and to make them exemplars (read a'immatan, pronouncing both hamzas, or by replacing the second one with a y') whose good example would be followed, and to make them the inheritors, of Pharaoh's kingdom;

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِي الاَْرْضِ وَنُرِي فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا يَحْذَرُونَ