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11:71
وامراته قايمة فضحكت فبشرناها باسحاق ومن وراء اسحاق يعقوب ٧١
وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌۭ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَـٰهَا بِإِسْحَـٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَـٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ ٧١
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And his wife was standing by, so she laughed,1 then We gave her good news of ˹the birth of˺ Isaac, and, after him, Jacob.
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يعقوب
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Abū Jaʿfar
Madinah
Ibn ʿĀmir
Damascus
Nāfiʿ
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Ḥamzah
Kufah
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Readings
يَعْقُوبَ
Yaʿqūba
“and after Isaac, of Jacob”
In this reading, Jacob's name is either genitive by conjunction to Isaac's, or accusative with the meaning 'We gifted her Jacob'.
يَعْقُوبُ
Yaʿqūbu
“and Jacob after Isaac”
In this reading, Jacob's name is nominative as the subject, with its predicate preceding it, or implied.

Explanation

These readings convey the same meaning in slightly different ways [Makki]. NB: the readings are indistinguishable when one stops at the end of this ayah.

He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran