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Ghafir 28

Ayah 28 of 85 · Meccan

وَقَالَ رَجُلٞ مُّؤۡمِنٞ مِّنۡ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَكۡتُمُ إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓ أَتَقۡتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَن يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ ٱللَّهُ وَقَدۡ جَآءَكُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ مِن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ وَإِن يَكُ كَٰذِبٗا فَعَلَيۡهِ كَذِبُهُۥۖ وَإِن يَكُ صَادِقٗا يُصِبۡكُم بَعۡضُ ٱلَّذِي يَعِدُكُمۡۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهۡدِي مَنۡ هُوَ مُسۡرِفٞ كَذَّابٞ ٢٨

And a believing man from the family of Pharaoh who concealed his faith said, "Do you kill a man [merely] because he says, 'My Lord is Allāh' while he has brought you clear proofs from your Lord? And if he should be lying, then upon him is [the consequence of] his lie; but if he should be truthful, there will strike you some of what he promises you. Indeed, Allāh does not guide one who is a transgressor and a liar.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. رَجُلٞa manrajulun
  3. مُّؤۡمِنٞbelievingmu'minun
  4. مِّنۡfrommin
  5. ءَالِ(the) familyāli
  6. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  7. يَكۡتُمُwho conceal(ed)yaktumu
  8. إِيمَٰنَهُۥٓhis faithīmānahu
  9. أَتَقۡتُلُونَWill you killataqtulūna
  10. رَجُلًاa manrajulan
  11. أَنbecausean
  12. يَقُولَhe saysyaqūla
  13. رَبِّيَMy Lordrabbiya
  14. ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
  15. وَقَدۡand indeedwaqad
  16. جَآءَكُمhe has brought youjāakum
  17. بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِclear proofsbil-bayināti
  18. مِنfrommin
  19. رَّبِّكُمۡۖyour Lordrabbikum
  20. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  21. يَكُhe isyaku
  22. كَٰذِبٗاa liarkādhiban
  23. فَعَلَيۡهِthen upon himfaʿalayhi
  24. كَذِبُهُۥۖ(is) his liekadhibuhu
  25. وَإِنand ifwa-in
  26. يَكُhe isyaku
  27. صَادِقٗاtruthfulṣādiqan
  28. يُصِبۡكُم(there) will strike youyuṣib'kum
  29. بَعۡضُsome (of)baʿḍu
  30. ٱلَّذِي(that) whichalladhī
  31. يَعِدُكُمۡۖhe threatens youyaʿidukum
  32. إِنَّIndeedinna
  33. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  34. لَا(does) notlā
  35. يَهۡدِيguideyahdī
  36. مَنۡ(one) whoman
  37. هُوَ[he]huwa
  38. مُسۡرِفٞ(is) a transgressormus'rifun
  39. كَذَّابٞa liarkadhābun

Tafsir

A believing man from the family of Pharoah, who was hiding his faith from his people said, criticising them for deciding to kill Moses: “Are you going to kill a man without any crime, besides him saying: ‘My Lord is Allah’, despite the fact he brought you miracles and proof to show the truthfulness of his claim to be a messenger from his Lord? If he really is a liar, his lying will turn against him, but if he is truthful, some of the punishment he is promising will quickly befall you. Allah does not guide to the truth one who trespasses His limits and who lies against Allah and His messengers.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran