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وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ أَنجَىٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌۭ﴿٦

Translation (Sahih International)

And [recall, O Children of Israel], when Moses said to His people, "Remember the favor of Allah upon you when He saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst torment and were 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
قَالَqālasaid
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
لِقَوْمِهِliqawmihito his people
ٱذْكُرُوا۟udh'kurūRemember
نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata(the) Favor of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) Favor of Allah
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon you
إِذْidhwhen
أَنجَىٰكُمanjākumHe saved you
مِّنْminfrom
ءَالِāli(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
يَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakumthey were afflicting you
سُوٓءَsūa(with) evil
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābitorment
وَيُذَبِّحُونَwayudhabbiḥūnaand were slaughtering
أَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakumyour sons
وَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūnaand letting live
نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚnisāakumyour women
وَفِىwafīAnd in
ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
بَلَآءٌۭbalāon(was) a trial
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah states that Musa reminded his people about Allah's annals anddays and of Allah's favors and bounties that He bestowed on them,when He saved them from Fir` awn and his people and the tormentand disgrace they used to exert on them.They used to slaughter whomever they could find among their sons and let their females live. Allah delivered them from all this torment, and this is a great bounty, indeed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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