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Ash-Shu'ara 44

Ayah 44 of 227 · Meccan

فَأَلۡقَوۡاْ حِبَالَهُمۡ وَعِصِيَّهُمۡ وَقَالُواْ بِعِزَّةِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِنَّا لَنَحۡنُ ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ ٤٤

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَلۡقَوۡاْSo they threwfa-alqaw
  2. حِبَالَهُمۡtheir ropesḥibālahum
  3. وَعِصِيَّهُمۡand their staffswaʿiṣiyyahum
  4. وَقَالُواْand saidwaqālū
  5. بِعِزَّةِBy the mightbiʿizzati
  6. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  7. إِنَّاindeed, weinnā
  8. لَنَحۡنُsurely, welanaḥnu
  9. ٱلۡغَٰلِبُونَ(are) the victoriousl-ghālibūna

Tafsir

And so they threw down their ropes and sticks, and upon throwing them, said, “By the grandeur of Pharaoh we are going to succeed, and Moses is the one who shall be defeated!”

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