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Al-Baqarah 49

Ayah 49 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ نَجَّيۡنَٰكُم مِّنۡ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَسُومُونَكُمۡ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمۡۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ عَظِيمٞ ٤٩

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.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. نَجَّيۡنَٰكُمWe saved younajjaynākum
  3. مِّنۡfrommin
  4. ءَالِ(the) peopleāli
  5. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  6. يَسُومُونَكُمۡ(who were) afflicting you (with)yasūmūnakum
  7. سُوٓءَhorriblesūa
  8. ٱلۡعَذَابِtormentl-ʿadhābi
  9. يُذَبِّحُونَslaughteringyudhabbiḥūna
  10. أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡyour sonsabnāakum
  11. وَيَسۡتَحۡيُونَand letting livewayastaḥyūna
  12. نِسَآءَكُمۡۚyour womennisāakum
  13. وَفِيAnd inwafī
  14. ذَٰلِكُمthatdhālikum
  15. بَلَآءٞ(was) a trialbalāon
  16. مِّنfrommin
  17. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
  18. عَظِيمٞgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

O Israelites! Remember when Allah saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were tormenting you, slaughtering your sons so you would not survive, and letting your women live so they could serve them, taking great pains to humiliate and insult you. When you were saved from the oppression of Pharaoh and his people, it was a great test for you from your Lord, to see if you would be thankful.

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