Quran 28:9 — Al-Qasas, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and Pharaoh’s wife said, ‘Here is a joy to behold for me and for you! Do not kill him: he may be of use to us, or we may adopt him as a son.’ They did not realize what they were doing.
وَقَالَتِ امْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِي وَلَكَ ۖ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَنْفَعَنَا أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
waqālati im'ra-atu fir'ʿawna qurratu ʿaynin lī walaka lā taqtulūhu ʿasā an yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahu waladan wahum lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said Pharaoh's wife, 'He will be a comfort to me and thee. Slay him not; perchance he will profit us, or we will take him for a son.' And they were not aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now the wife of Pharaoh said: “A joy to the eye [could this child be] for me and thee! Slay him not: he may well be of use to us, or we may adopt him as a son!” And they had no presentiment [of what he was to become].
- Sahih International
- And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَتِwaqālati | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu | (the) wife | مرأ |
| 3 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 4 | قُرَّتُqurratu | A comfort | قرر |
| 5 | عَيْنٍۢʿaynin | (of the) eye | عين |
| 6 | لِّىlī | for me | — |
| 7 | وَلَكَ ۖwalaka | and for you | — |
| 8 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 9 | تَقْتُلُوهُtaqtulūhu | kill him | قتل |
| 10 | عَسَىٰٓʿasā | perhaps | عسي |
| 11 | أَنan | (that) | — |
| 12 | يَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanā | he may benefit us | نفع |
| 13 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 14 | نَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahu | we may take him | أخذ |
| 15 | وَلَدًۭاwaladan | (as) a son | ولد |
| 16 | وَهُمْwahum | And they | — |
| 17 | لَاlā | (did) not | — |
| 18 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | perceive | شعر |