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Az-Zukhruf 51

Ayah 51 of 89 · Meccan

وَنَادَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي قَوۡمِهِۦ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَلَيۡسَ لِي مُلۡكُ مِصۡرَ وَهَٰذِهِ ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ تَجۡرِي مِن تَحۡتِيٓۚ أَفَلَا تُبۡصِرُونَ ٥١

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَنَادَىٰAnd called outwanādā
  2. فِرۡعَوۡنُFiraunfir'ʿawnu
  3. فِيamongfī
  4. قَوۡمِهِۦhis peopleqawmihi
  5. قَالَhe saidqāla
  6. يَٰقَوۡمِO my peopleyāqawmi
  7. أَلَيۡسَIs notalaysa
  8. لِيfor melī
  9. مُلۡكُ(the) kingdommul'ku
  10. مِصۡرَ(of) Egyptmiṣ'ra
  11. وَهَٰذِهِand thesewahādhihi
  12. ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُ[the] riversl-anhāru
  13. تَجۡرِيflowingtajrī
  14. مِنunderneath memin
  15. تَحۡتِيٓۚunderneath metaḥtī
  16. أَفَلَاThen do notafalā
  17. تُبۡصِرُونَyou seetub'ṣirūna

Tafsir

Pharaoh called out among his people, bragging about his kingdom, “O my people! Do I not own the country of Egypt, and these rivers that flow beneath my palaces? Do you not see my kingdom and recognise my greatness?”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran