Surah Al-Qasas 28:5 — translation and meaning

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وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوَارِثِينَ

Word by Word

وَنُرِيدُ
wanuridu
And We wanted
أَن
an
to
نَّمُنَّ
namunna
bestow a favor
عَلَى
ala
upon
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
اسْتُضْعِفُوا
us'tud'ifu
were oppressed
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the land
وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ
wanaj'alahum
and make them
أَئِمَّةً
a-immatan
leaders
وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ
wanaj'alahumu
and make them
الْوَارِثِينَ
al-warithina
the inheritors

Transliteration

Wa nureedu an namunna 'alal lazeenas tud'ifoo fil ardi wa naj'alahum a'immatanw wa naj'alahumul waariseen

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And I wanted to bestow a favour upon the Israelites who had been oppressed by the Pharaoh in Egypt, by destroying their enemy, liberating them from the oppression, making them leaders, to be followed by those who seek the truth, and making them inheritors of Pharaoh’s kingdom in Egypt after I drowned him and his armies.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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