Quran 28:4 — Al-Qasas, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Pharaoh made himself high and mighty in the land and divided the people into different groups: one group he oppressed, slaughtering their sons and sparing their women––he was one of those who spread corruption––
إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَائِفَةً مِنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
inna fir'ʿawna ʿalā fī l-arḍi wajaʿala ahlahā shiyaʿan yastaḍʿifu ṭāifatan min'hum yudhabbiḥu abnāahum wayastaḥyī nisāahum innahu kāna mina l-muf'sidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now Pharaoh had exalted himself in the land and had divided its inhabitants into sects, abasing one party of them, slaughtering their sons, and sparing their women; for he was of the workers of corruption.
- Muhammad Asad
- Behold, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and divided its people into castes. One group of them he deemed utterly low; he would slaughter their sons and spare (only) their women: for, behold, he was one of those who spread corruption [on earth].
- Sahih International
- Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | Firaun | — |
| 3 | عَلَاʿalā | exalted himself | علو |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 6 | وَجَعَلَwajaʿala | and made | جعل |
| 7 | أَهْلَهَاahlahā | its people | أهل |
| 8 | شِيَعًۭاshiyaʿan | (into) sects | شيع |
| 9 | يَسْتَضْعِفُyastaḍʿifu | oppressing | ضعف |
| 10 | طَآئِفَةًۭṭāifatan | a group | طوف |
| 11 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | among them | — |
| 12 | يُذَبِّحُyudhabbiḥu | slaughtering | ذبح |
| 13 | أَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahum | their sons | بني |
| 14 | وَيَسْتَحْىِۦwayastaḥyī | and letting live | حيي |
| 15 | نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚnisāahum | their women | نسو |
| 16 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 17 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 18 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 19 | ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna | the corrupters | فسد |