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At-Tahrim 11

Ayah 11 of 12 · Medinan

وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱمۡرَأَتَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِذۡ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ ٱبۡنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيۡتٗا فِي ٱلۡجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١١

And Allāh presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَضَرَبَAnd presentswaḍaraba
  2. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  3. مَثَلٗاan examplemathalan
  4. لِّلَّذِينَfor those wholilladhīna
  5. ءَامَنُواْbelieved āmanū
  6. ٱمۡرَأَتَ(the) wifeim'ra-ata
  7. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  8. إِذۡwhenidh
  9. قَالَتۡshe saidqālat
  10. رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
  11. ٱبۡنِBuildib'ni
  12. لِيfor melī
  13. عِندَكَnear Youʿindaka
  14. بَيۡتٗاa housebaytan
  15. فِيinfī
  16. ٱلۡجَنَّةِParadisel-janati
  17. وَنَجِّنِيand save mewanajjinī
  18. مِنfrommin
  19. فِرۡعَوۡنَFiraunfir'ʿawna
  20. وَعَمَلِهِۦand his deedswaʿamalihi
  21. وَنَجِّنِيand save mewanajjinī
  22. مِنَfrommina
  23. ٱلۡقَوۡمِthe peoplel-qawmi
  24. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

And Allah also mentions an example to those who have faith in Him and His Messengers, that their connections with the disbelievers will not harm them or affect them as long as they remain steadfast upon the truth: the example of the wife of Pharaoh when she said: “O my Lord! Build a house for me near You in Paradise, and save me from the tyranny of Pharaoh, his might and his evil deeds; and save me also from the people who wrong themselves by following him in his transgression and oppression.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran