Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | But it was Our will to bestow Our favour upon those [very people] who were deemed [so] utterly low in the land, and to make them forerunners in faith. and to make them heirs [to Pharaoh’s glory], | ⇨ |
M. M. 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, | ⇨ |
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, | ⇨ |
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, | ⇨ |
[Al-Muntakhab] | | And We decided to be kind and gracious to those who were suppressed and subdued in the land and to change their status and bring it into that of spiritual leadership intended to lead and inherit the land. | ⇨ |
[Progressive Muslims] | | And We wanted to help those who were oppressed in the land, and to make them role models, and to make them the inheritors. | ⇨ |
Abdel 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. | ⇨ |
Ahmed Ali | | 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. | ⇨ |
Aisha Bewley | | We desired to show kindness to those who were oppressed in the land and to make them leaders and make them inheritors | ⇨ |
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). | ⇨ |
Ali Quli Qara'i | | 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, | ⇨ |
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). | ⇨ |
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. | ⇨ |
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And We are willing to be bounteous to the ones who were deemed weak in the land, and make them leaders, and 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, | ⇨ |
Muhammad 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, | ⇨ |
Shabbir Ahmed | | But it was Our Will to bestow favor unto those who were oppressed in the land, and to make them leaders, and to make them inheritors. | ⇨ |
Syed Vickar Ahamed | | And We wished to be kind to those who were kept lowly in the land, to make them leaders and to make them the inheritors, | ⇨ |
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And We wanted to confer favor upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them leaders and make them inheritors | ⇨ |
Farook Malik | | But it was Our will to bestow Our favour upon those [very people] who were deemed [so] utterly low in the land, and to make them forerunners in faith. [Lit., "leaders" or "exemplars" (a immah, sing. imam) - an allusion to the historical fact that the Hebrews were the first to accept a monotheistic creed in a clear, unequivocal formulation, and thus became the forerunners of both Christianity and Islam.] and to make them heirs [to Pharaoh's glory], | ⇨ |
