فَعَصَىٰ فِرۡعَوۡنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ أَخۡذٗا وَبِيلٗا ١٦
But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَعَصَىٰBut disobeyedfaʿaṣā
- فِرۡعَوۡنُFiraunfir'ʿawnu
- ٱلرَّسُولَthe Messengerl-rasūla
- فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُso We seized himfa-akhadhnāhu
- أَخۡذٗا(with) a seizureakhdhan
- وَبِيلٗاruinouswabīlan
Tafsir
But Pharaoh went against the messenger who was sent to him from his Lord, so I punished him with a severe punishment in the world by drowning and in the afterlife by the punishment of the fire. So you do not go against your messenger or you will be afflicted by what afflicted him.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran