Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 5 (28:5)

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وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً …

Quran 28:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 385 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:5
وَنُرِيدُأَننَّمُنَّعَلَىٱلَّذِينَٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟فِىٱلْأَرْضِوَنَجْعَلَهُمْأَئِمَّةًوَنَجْعَلَهُمُٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ٥
wanurīdu an namunna ʿalā alladhīna us'tuḍ'ʿifū fī l-arḍi wanajʿalahum a-immatan wanajʿalahumu l-wārithīna

And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors(5)

Word by word

  1. وَنُرِيدُwanurīduAnd We wanted
  2. أَنanto
  3. نَّمُنَّnamunnabestow a favor
  4. عَلَىʿalāupon
  5. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  6. ٱسْتُضْعِفُوا۟us'tuḍ'ʿifūwere oppressed
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
  9. وَنَجْعَلَهُمْwanajʿalahumand make them
  10. أَئِمَّةًa-immatanleaders
  11. وَنَجْعَلَهُمُwanajʿalahumuand make them
  12. ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَl-wārithīnathe inheritors

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