إِلَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ وَكَانُواْ قَوۡمًا عَالِينَ ٤٦
To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
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Each word's meaning and sound
- إِلَىٰToilā
- فِرۡعَوۡنَFiraunfir'ʿawna
- وَمَلَإِيْهِۦand his chiefswamala-ihi
- فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْbut they behaved arrogantlyfa-is'takbarū
- وَكَانُواْand they werewakānū
- قَوۡمًاa peopleqawman
- عَالِينَhaughtyʿālīna
Tafsir
I sent them both to Pharaoh and the noblemen of his people, but they displayed arrogance and did not submit to believing in them. They were a people who imposed themselves upon people by subduing and oppressing them.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran