Quran 26:18 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Pharaoh said, ‘Did we not bring you up as a child among us? Did you not stay with us for many years?
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ
qāla alam nurabbika fīnā walīdan walabith'ta fīnā min ʿumurika sinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'Did we not raise thee amongst us as a child? Didst thou not tarry among us years of thy life?
- Muhammad Asad
- [But when Moses had delivered his message, Pharaoh] said: “Did we not bring thee up among us when thou wert a child? And didst thou not spend among us years of thy [later] life?
- Sahih International
- [Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | أَلَمْalam | Did not | — |
| 3 | نُرَبِّكَnurabbika | we bring you up | ربو |
| 4 | فِينَاfīnā | among us | — |
| 5 | وَلِيدًۭاwalīdan | (as) a child | ولد |
| 6 | وَلَبِثْتَwalabith'ta | and you remained | لبث |
| 7 | فِينَاfīnā | among us | — |
| 8 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 9 | عُمُرِكَʿumurika | your life | عمر |
| 10 | سِنِينَsinīna | years | سنو |