Quran 43:51 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Pharaoh proclaimed to his people, ‘My people, is the Kingdom of Egypt not mine? And these rivers that flow at my feet, are they not mine? Do you not see?
وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِي قَوْمِهِ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِي مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ الْأَنْهَارُ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِي ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
wanādā fir'ʿawnu fī qawmihi qāla yāqawmi alaysa lī mul'ku miṣ'ra wahādhihi l-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī afalā tub'ṣirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Pharaoh proclaimed among his people: 'O my people, do I not possess the kingdom of Egypt, and these rivers flowing beneath me? What, do you not see?
- Muhammad Asad
- And Pharaoh issued a call to his people, saying: “O my people! Does not the dominion over Egypt belong to me, since all these running waters flow at my feet? Can you not, then, see [that I am your lord supreme]?
- Sahih International
- And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَنَادَىٰwanādā | And called out | ندو |
| 2 | فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnu | Firaun | — |
| 3 | فِىfī | among | — |
| 4 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 5 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 6 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 7 | أَلَيْسَalaysa | Is not | ليس |
| 8 | لِىlī | for me | — |
| 9 | مُلْكُmul'ku | (the) kingdom | ملك |
| 10 | مِصْرَmiṣ'ra | (of) Egypt | مصر |
| 11 | وَهَـٰذِهِwahādhihi | and these | — |
| 12 | ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāru | [the] rivers | نهر |
| 13 | تَجْرِىtajrī | flowing | جري |
| 14 | مِنmin | underneath me | — |
| 15 | تَحْتِىٓ ۖtaḥtī | underneath me | تحت |
| 16 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then do not | — |
| 17 | تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūna | you see | بصر |