Surah Yunus 10:14 — translation and meaning
يونس · Verse 14 / 109 · Page 209
ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ خَلَائِفَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِن بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ
Word by Word
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
جَعَلْنَاكُمْ
ja'alnakum
We made you
خَلَائِفَ
khalaifa
successors
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
مِن
min
after them
بَعْدِهِمْ
ba'dihim
after them
لِنَنظُرَ
linanzura
so that We may see
كَيْفَ
kayfa
how
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
you do
Transliteration
Summa ja'alnaakum khalaaa'ifa fil ardi mim ba'dihim linanzura kaifa ta'maloon
Translation
Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Then He made you successors to these communities who rejected the truth and who were destroyed, to see what you would do, and whether you would do good, for which you would be rewarded; or do evil, which you would have to face the consequences of.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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