Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 4
إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.
Al-Qasas · 28:4
Word by word
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
- عَلَاʿalāexalted himself
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
- أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
- شِيَعًۭاshiyaʿan(into) sects
- يَسْتَضْعِفُyastaḍʿifuoppressing
- طَآئِفَةًۭṭāifatana group
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- يُذَبِّحُyudhabbiḥuslaughtering
- أَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahumtheir sons
- وَيَسْتَحْىِۦwayastaḥyīand letting live
- نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚnisāahumtheir women
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
- كَانَkānawas
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters
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