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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 49of 286

وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌۭ﴿٤٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And [recall] when We saved your forefathers from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
نَجَّيْنَـٰكُمnajjaynākumWe saved you
مِّنْminfrom
ءَالِāli(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
يَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakum(who were) afflicting you (with)
سُوٓءَsūahorrible
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābitorment
يُذَبِّحُونَyudhabbiḥūnaslaughtering
أَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakumyour sons
وَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūnaand letting live
نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚnisāakumyour women
وَفِىwafīAnd in
ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
بَلَآءٌۭbalāon(was) a trial
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Children of Israel were saved from Pharaoh and His Army Who drownedAllah said to the Children of Israel, "Remember My favor on youوَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَـكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ(And (remember) when We delivered you from Fir`awn's (Pharaoh) people, who were afflicting you with a horrible torment,) meaning, `I - Allah - saved you from them and delivered you from their hands in the company of Musa, after they subjected you to horrible torture.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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