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Ash-Shu'ara 22

Ayah 22 of 227 · Meccan

وَتِلۡكَ نِعۡمَةٞ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنۡ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٢٢

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَتِلۡكَAnd thiswatil'ka
  2. نِعۡمَةٞ(is the) favorniʿ'matun
  3. تَمُنُّهَاwith which you reproachtamunnuhā
  4. عَلَيَّ[on] meʿalayya
  5. أَنۡthatan
  6. عَبَّدتَّyou have enslavedʿabbadtta
  7. بَنِيٓ(the) Children of Israelbanī
  8. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ(the) Children of Israelis'rāīla

Tafsir

Your bringing me up without enslaving me after you enslaved the Israelites is a favour that you are reminding me of?!

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran