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إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًۭا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةًۭ مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
عَلَاʿalāexalted himself
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
شِيَعًۭاshiyaʿan(into) sects
يَسْتَضْعِفُyastaḍʿifuoppressing
طَآئِفَةًۭṭāifatana group
مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
يُذَبِّحُyudhabbiḥuslaughtering
أَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahumtheir sons
وَيَسْتَحْىِۦwayastaḥyīand letting live
نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚnisāahumtheir women
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
كَانَkānawas
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in MakkahImam Ahmad bin Hanbal, may Allah have mercy on him, recorded that Ma`diykarib said: "We came to `Abdullah and asked him to recite to us:طسم(Ta Sin Mim.) the two hundred. He said, `I do not know it; you should go to someone who learned it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Khabbab bin Al-Aratt.' So we went to Khabbab bin Al-Aratt and he recited it to us, may Allah be pleased with him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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