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Ghafir 26

Ayah 26 of 85 · Meccan

وَقَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ذَرُونِيٓ أَقۡتُلۡ مُوسَىٰ وَلۡيَدۡعُ رَبَّهُۥٓۖ إِنِّيٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمۡ أَوۡ أَن يُظۡهِرَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ ٱلۡفَسَادَ ٢٦

And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption1 in the land."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., dissension or civil strife.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. فِرۡعَوۡنُFiraunfir'ʿawnu
  3. ذَرُونِيٓLeave medharūnī
  4. أَقۡتُلۡ(so that) I killaqtul
  5. مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
  6. وَلۡيَدۡعُand let him callwalyadʿu
  7. رَبَّهُۥٓۖhis Lordrabbahu
  8. إِنِّيٓIndeed, Iinnī
  9. أَخَافُ[I] fearakhāfu
  10. أَنthatan
  11. يُبَدِّلَhe will changeyubaddila
  12. دِينَكُمۡyour religiondīnakum
  13. أَوۡoraw
  14. أَنthatan
  15. يُظۡهِرَhe may cause to appearyuẓ'hira
  16. فِيinfī
  17. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe landl-arḍi
  18. ٱلۡفَسَادَthe corruptionl-fasāda

Tafsir

Pharaoh said: “Leave me to kill Moses, as a punishment for him, and let him call upon his Lord to save him from me. I do not care if he calls upon His Lord. I fear he will change your religion which you follow or corruption will appear on earth by killing and destruction”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran