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Al-Qasas 8

Ayah 8 of 88 · Meccan

فَٱلۡتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرۡعَوۡنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمۡ عَدُوّٗا وَحَزَنًاۗ إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُواْ خَٰطِـِٔينَ ٨

And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱلۡتَقَطَهُۥٓThen picked him upfal-taqaṭahu
  2. ءَالُ(the) familyālu
  3. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  4. لِيَكُونَso that he might becomeliyakūna
  5. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  6. عَدُوّٗاan enemyʿaduwwan
  7. وَحَزَنًاۗand a griefwaḥazanan
  8. إِنَّIndeedinna
  9. فِرۡعَوۡنَFiraunfir'ʿawna
  10. وَهَٰمَٰنَand Hamanwahāmāna
  11. وَجُنُودَهُمَاand their hostswajunūdahumā
  12. كَانُواْwerekānū
  13. خَٰطِـِٔينَsinnerskhāṭiīna

Tafsir

So she acted upon whatever I inspired her with, placing him in a box and casting it into the sea. The family of Pharaoh found him and took him in, so that Allah’s plan for Moses to become an enemy to Pharaoh by having his kingdom taken away from him and bringing him grief at his hands, comes to fruition. Indeed, Pharaoh, his minister Hāmān and their aides were sinful due to their disbelief, oppression and corruption on Earth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran