Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 49
وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ
And [recall] when We saved you [i.e., your forefathers] from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
Al-Baqarah · 2:49
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- نَجَّيْنَـٰكُمnajjaynākumWe saved you
- مِّنْminfrom
- ءَالِāli(the) people
- فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
- يَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakum(who were) afflicting you (with)
- سُوٓءَsūahorrible
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābitorment
- يُذَبِّحُونَyudhabbiḥūnaslaughtering
- أَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakumyour sons
- وَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūnaand letting live
- نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚnisāakumyour women
- وَفِىwafīAnd in
- ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
- بَلَآءٌۭbalāon(was) a trial
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
- عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat
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