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.
يَسُومُونَكُمۡ(who were) afflicting you (with)yasūmūnakum
سُوٓءَhorriblesūa
ٱلۡعَذَابِtormentl-ʿadhābi
يُذَبِّحُونَslaughteringyudhabbiḥūna
أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡyour sonsabnāakum
وَيَسۡتَحۡيُونَand letting livewayastaḥyūna
نِسَآءَكُمۡۚyour womennisāakum
وَفِيAnd inwafī
ذَٰلِكُمthatdhālikum
بَلَآءٞ(was) a trialbalāon
مِّنfrommin
رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
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.