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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 141of 206

وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌۭ﴿١٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
أَنجَيْنَـٰكُمanjaynākumWe saved you
مِّنْminfrom
ءَالِāli(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
يَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakumwho were afflicting you
سُوٓءَsūa(with) worst
ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖl-ʿadhābi(of) torment
يُقَتِّلُونَyuqattilūnathey were killing
أَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakumyour sons
وَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūnaand letting live
نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚnisāakumyour women
وَفِىwafīAnd in
ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
بَلَآءٌۭbalāon(was) a trial
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Reminding the Children of Israel of Allah's Blessings for ThemMusa reminded the Children of Israel of Allah's blessings, such as saving them from Fir`awn, his tyranny and the humiliation and disgrace they suffered. He reminded them of the glory and revenge against their enemy, when they watched them suffering in disgrace, destroyed by drowning and meeting utter demise. We mentioned this subject in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Baqarah.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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