| وَلَنُسْكِنَنَّكُمُ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَنْ خَافَ مَقَامِي وَخَافَ وَعِيدِ |
| Asad | : | and most certainly shall We cause you to dwell on earth [long] after they have passed away:18 this is [My promise] unto all who stand in awe of My presence, and stand in awe of My warning!"19 |
| Khattab | : | and make you reside in the land after them. This is for whoever is in awe of standing before Me and fears My warning.” |
| Malik | : | and give you the land to dwell in after they are gone! This is the reward for the ones who dread My eminence and fear My threats." |
| Pickthall | : | And verily We shall make you to dwell in the land after them. This is for him who feareth My Majesty and feareth My threats. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | "And verily We shall cause you to abide in the land and succeed them. This for such as fear the time when they shall stand before My tribunal such as fear the punishment denounced." 1888 |
| Transliteration | : | Walanuskinannakumu alarda min baAAdihim thalika liman khafa maqamee wakhafa waAAeedi |
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Lit., "after them": implying a divine promise that the truth preached by the apostles would outlive its detractors (cf. {verse 9} above, "None knows them [now] save God"), and would triumph in the end. |
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As Zamakhshari points out, the divine promise expressed in the above verse is equivalent to the statement in 7:128 that "the future (al-'aqibah) belongs to the God-conscious". |
