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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

Verse 25of 85

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ﴿٢٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the disbelievers is not except in error.

Word-by-word meaning

فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
جَآءَهُمjāahumhe brought to them
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truth
مِنْminfrom
عِندِنَاʿindināUs
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟uq'tulūKill
أَبْنَآءَabnāa(the) sons
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟wa-is'taḥyūand let live
نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚnisāahumtheir women
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَيْدُkaydu(is the) plot
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
إِلَّاillābut
فِىin
ضَلَـٰلٍۢḍalālinerror

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of Musa and Fir`awnAllah consoles His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for the disbelief of his people and gives him the glad tidings of good consequences and victory in this world and the Hereafter, as happened to Musa bin `Imran, peace be upon him, whom Allah sent with clear proof and definitive evidence. Allah says:بِـَايَـتِنَا وَسُلْطَانٍ مُّبِينٍ(with Our Ayat, and a manifest authority). Authority means proof and evidence.إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ(to Fir`awn), who was the king of the Copts of Egypt.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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