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وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ﴿١٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
أَخَذْنَآakhadhnāWe seized
ءَالَāla(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
بِٱلسِّنِينَbil-sinīnawith years (of famine)
وَنَقْصٍۢwanaqṣinand a deficit
مِّنَminaof
ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِl-thamarāti[the] fruits
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَذَّكَّرُونَyadhakkarūnareceive admonition

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Fir`awn and His People suffer Years of DroughtAllah said, وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءالَ فِرْعَوْنَ(And indeed We punished the people of Fir`awn) We tested and tried them, بِالسِّنِينَ(with years of drought) of famine due to little produce, وَنَقْصٍ مِّن الثَّمَرَاتِ(and lack of fruits), which is less severe, according to Mujahid.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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