Quran 17:103 — Al-Israa, verse 103
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So he wanted to wipe them off the [face of the] earth, but We drowned him and those with him.
فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْتَفِزَّهُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ جَمِيعًا
fa-arāda an yastafizzahum mina l-arḍi fa-aghraqnāhu waman maʿahu jamīʿan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He desired to startle them from the land; and We drowned him and those with him, all together.
- Muhammad Asad
- And then Pharaoh resolved to wipe them off [the face of] the earth - whereupon We caused him and all who were with him to drown [in the sea].
- Sahih International
- So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَرَادَfa-arāda | So he intended | رود |
| 2 | أَنan | to | — |
| 3 | يَسْتَفِزَّهُمyastafizzahum | drive them out | فزز |
| 4 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 6 | فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُfa-aghraqnāhu | but We drowned him | غرق |
| 7 | وَمَنwaman | and who | — |
| 8 | مَّعَهُۥmaʿahu | (were) with him | — |
| 9 | جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan | all | جمع |