ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنَٰكُمۡ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِمۡ لِنَنظُرَ كَيۡفَ تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤
Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- ثُمَّThenthumma
- جَعَلۡنَٰكُمۡWe made youjaʿalnākum
- خَلَٰٓئِفَsuccessorskhalāifa
- فِيinfī
- ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
- مِنۢafter themmin
- بَعۡدِهِمۡafter thembaʿdihim
- لِنَنظُرَso that We may seelinanẓura
- كَيۡفَhowkayfa
- تَعۡمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna
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.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran