Quran 26:44 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They threw their ropes and staffs, saying, ‘By Pharaoh’s might, we shall be victorious.’
فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ
fa-alqaw ḥibālahum waʿiṣiyyahum waqālū biʿizzati fir'ʿawna innā lanaḥnu l-ghālibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So they cast their ropes and their staffs, and said, 'By the might of Pharaoh we shall be the victors.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon they threw their [magic ropes and their staffs, and said: “By Pharaoh’s might, behold, it is we indeed who have prevailed!”
- Sahih International
- So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَلْقَوْا۟fa-alqaw | So they threw | لقي |
| 2 | حِبَالَهُمْḥibālahum | their ropes | حبل |
| 3 | وَعِصِيَّهُمْwaʿiṣiyyahum | and their staffs | عصو |
| 4 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | and said | قول |
| 5 | بِعِزَّةِbiʿizzati | By the might | عزز |
| 6 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 7 | إِنَّاinnā | indeed, we | — |
| 8 | لَنَحْنُlanaḥnu | surely, we | — |
| 9 | ٱلْغَـٰلِبُونَl-ghālibūna | (are) the victorious | غلب |