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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

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وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ﴿٢٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
ذَرُونِىٓdharūnīLeave me
أَقْتُلْaqtul(so that) I kill
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
وَلْيَدْعُwalyadʿuand let him call
رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖrabbahuhis Lord
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
أَنanthat
يُبَدِّلَyubaddilahe will change
دِينَكُمْdīnakumyour religion
أَوْawor
أَنanthat
يُظْهِرَyuẓ'hirahe may cause to appear
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasādathe corruption

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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