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Ash-Shu'ara (The Poets)

Verse 23of 227

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَا رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ﴿٢٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Said Pharaoh, "And what is the Lord of the worlds?"

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaFiraun said
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun said
وَمَاwamāAnd what
رَبُّrabbu(is the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīna(of) the worlds

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah tells us about the disbelief, rebellion, oppression and denial of Fir`awn, as He says:وَمَا رَبُّ الْعَـلَمِينَ((Fir`awn said:) "And what is the Lord of the `Alamin") This is because he used to say to his people:مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـهٍ غَيْرِى(I know not that you have a god other than me.) (28:28)فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ(Thus he fooled his people, and they obeyed him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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