Meaning: you have been made to inherit it · Also translated as: He causes to inherit it, And We made inheritors, We give inheritance, And We caused to inherit them
Forms in the Quran
وَأَوْرَثْنَا×3
أُورِثْتُمُوهَا×2
وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا×2
يُورِثُهَا×1
نُورِثُ×1
وَأَوْرَثَكُمْ×1
أَوْرَثْنَا×1
أُورِثُوا۟×1
Its root in the classical dictionaries
الوراثة والإرث: انتقال قنية إليك عن غيرك من غير عقد، ولا ما يجري مجرى العقد، وسمي بذلك المنتقل عن الميت فيقال للقنية الموروثة:
الواو والراء والثاء: كلمة واحدة، هي الورث. والميراث أصله الواو. وهو أن يكون الشيء لقوم ثم يصير إلى آخرين بنسب أو سبب. قال:
And We shall remove
From their hearts any
Lurking sense of injury;—
Beneath them will be
Rivers flowing;—and they
Shall say: "Praise be, to God,
Who hath guided us
To this (felicity): never
Could we have found
Guidance, had it not been
For the guidance of God:
Indeed it was the truth.
That the Apostles of our Lord
Brought unto us." And they
Shall hear the cry:
"Behold! the Garden before you!
Ye have been made
Its inheritors, for your
Deeds (of righteousness)."
Said Moses to his people:
"Pray for help from God,.
And (wait) in patience and
constancy:
For the earth is God's,
To give as a heritage
To such of His servants
As He pleaseth; and the end
Is (best) for the righteous.
And We made a people,
Considered weak (and of no account),
Inheritors of lands
In both East and West,—
Lands whereon We sent
Down Our blessings.
The fair promise of thy Lord
Was fulfilled for the Children
Of Israel, because they had
Patience and constancy,
And We levelled to the ground
The great Works and fine Buildings
Which Pharaoh and his people
Erected (with such pride).
And He made you heirs
Of their lands, their houses,
And their goods,
And of a land which
Ye had not frequented
(Before). And God has
Power over all things.
Then We have given
The Book for inheritance
To such of Our servants
As We have chosen:
But there are among them
Some who wrong their own
Souls; some who follow
A middle course; and some
Who are, by God's leave,
Foremost in good deeds;
That is the highest Grace.
They will say: "Praise be
To God, Who has
Truly fulfilled His promise
To us, and has given us
(This) land in heritage:
We can dwell in the Garden
As we will: how excellent
A reward for those
Who work (righteousness)!"
And they became divided
Only after knowledge
Reached them,—through selfish
Envy as between themselves.
Had it not been
For a Word that
Went forth before
From thy Lord,
(Tending) to a Term appointed,
The matter would have
Been settled between them:
But truly those who have
Inherited the Book after them
Are in suspicious (disquieting)
Doubt concerning it.