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Ash-Shu'ara 18

Ayah 18 of 227 · Meccan

قَالَ أَلَمۡ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدٗا وَلَبِثۡتَ فِينَا مِنۡ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ١٨

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. أَلَمۡDid notalam
  3. نُرَبِّكَwe bring you upnurabbika
  4. فِينَاamong usfīnā
  5. وَلِيدٗا(as) a childwalīdan
  6. وَلَبِثۡتَand you remainedwalabith'ta
  7. فِينَاamong usfīnā
  8. مِنۡofmin
  9. عُمُرِكَyour lifeʿumurika
  10. سِنِينَyearssinīna

Tafsir

Pharaoh said to Moses (peace be upon him): Did we not bring you up as a child among us? Did you not stay with us for many years of your life? So what has now made you claim prophethood?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran