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Al-A'raf 141

Ayah 141 of 206 · Meccan

وَإِذۡ أَنجَيۡنَٰكُم مِّنۡ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَسُومُونَكُمۡ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمۡۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٞ مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ عَظِيمٞ ١٤١

And [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَنجَيۡنَٰكُمWe saved youanjaynākum
  3. مِّنۡfrommin
  4. ءَالِ(the) peopleāli
  5. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  6. يَسُومُونَكُمۡwho were afflicting youyasūmūnakum
  7. سُوٓءَ(with) worstsūa
  8. ٱلۡعَذَابِ(of) tormentl-ʿadhābi
  9. يُقَتِّلُونَthey were killingyuqattilūna
  10. أَبۡنَآءَكُمۡyour sonsabnāakum
  11. وَيَسۡتَحۡيُونَand letting livewayastaḥyūna
  12. نِسَآءَكُمۡۚyour womennisāakum
  13. وَفِيAnd inwafī
  14. ذَٰلِكُمthatdhālikum
  15. بَلَآءٞ(was) a trialbalāon
  16. مِّنfrommin
  17. رَّبِّكُمۡyour Lordrabbikum
  18. عَظِيمٞgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

And remember O Children of Israel, when I saved you from the humiliation of Pharaoh and his people, who were making you suffer greatly, killing your sons and letting your women live to serve them. Being saved from Pharaoh and his people was a great test from your Lord, to see if you would be thankful.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran