Quran 23:46 — Al-Muminoon, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
to Pharaoh and his prominent leaders, but they responded with arrogance: they were a haughty people.
إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا عَالِينَ
ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman ʿālīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- unto Pharaoh and his Council; but they waxed proud, and they were a lofty people,
- Muhammad Asad
- unto Pharaoh and his great ones; but these behaved with arrogance, for they were people wont to glorify [only] themselves.
- Sahih International
- To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِلَىٰilā | To | — |
| 2 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | Firaun | — |
| 3 | وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihi | and his chiefs | ملأ |
| 4 | فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarū | but they behaved arrogantly | كبر |
| 5 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and they were | كون |
| 6 | قَوْمًاqawman | a people | قوم |
| 7 | عَالِينَʿālīna | haughty | علو |