Quran 66:11 — At-Tahrim, verse 11
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God has also given examples of believers: Pharaoh’s wife, who said, ‘Lord, build me a house near You in the Garden. Save me from Pharaoh and his actions; save me from the evildoers,’
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِنْدَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
waḍaraba l-lahu mathalan lilladhīna āmanū im'ra-ata fir'ʿawna idh qālat rabbi ib'ni lī ʿindaka baytan fī l-janati wanajjinī min fir'ʿawna waʿamalihi wanajjinī mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God has struck a similitude for the believers -- the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, 'My Lord, build for me a house in Paradise, in Thy presence, and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and do Thou deliver me from the people of the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And for those who have attained to faith God has propounded a parable in [the story of] Pharaoh's wife as she prayed "O my Sustainer! Build Thou for me a mansion in the paradise [that is] with Thee, and save me from Pharaoh and his doings, and save me, from all evildoing folk!
- Sahih International
- And Allāh presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَضَرَبَwaḍaraba | And presents | ضرب |
| 2 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 3 | مَثَلًۭاmathalan | an example | مثل |
| 4 | لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīna | for those who | — |
| 5 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believed | أمن |
| 6 | ٱمْرَأَتَim'ra-ata | (the) wife | مرأ |
| 7 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 8 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 9 | قَالَتْqālat | she said | قول |
| 10 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 11 | ٱبْنِib'ni | Build | بني |
| 12 | لِىlī | for me | — |
| 13 | عِندَكَʿindaka | near You | عند |
| 14 | بَيْتًۭاbaytan | a house | بيت |
| 15 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 16 | ٱلْجَنَّةِl-janati | Paradise | جنن |
| 17 | وَنَجِّنِىwanajjinī | and save me | نجو |
| 18 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 19 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | Firaun | — |
| 20 | وَعَمَلِهِۦwaʿamalihi | and his deeds | عمل |
| 21 | وَنَجِّنِىwanajjinī | and save me | نجو |
| 22 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 23 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | the people | قوم |
| 24 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |