Quran 7:127 — Al-A'raaf, verse 127
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The leaders among Pharaoh’s people said to him, ‘But are you going to leave Moses and his people to spread corruption in the land and forsake you and your gods?’ He replied, ‘We shall kill their male children, sparing only the females: We have complete power over them.’
وَقَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُ لِيُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَآلِهَتَكَ ۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَاهِرُونَ
waqāla l-mala-u min qawmi fir'ʿawna atadharu mūsā waqawmahu liyuf'sidū fī l-arḍi wayadharaka waālihataka qāla sanuqattilu abnāahum wanastaḥyī nisāahum wa-innā fawqahum qāhirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then said the Council of the people of Pharaoh, 'Wilt thou leave Moses and his people to work corruption in the land, and leave thee and thy gods?' Said he, 'We shall slaughter their sons and spare their women; surely we are triumphant over them!'
- Muhammad Asad
- And the great ones among Pharaoh's people said: "Wilt thou allow Moses and his people to spread corruption on earth, and to [cause thy people to] forsake thee and thy gods?" [Pharaoh] replied: "We shall slay their sons in great numbers and shall spare [only] their women: for, verily, we hold sway over them!"
- Sahih International
- And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said, "Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-u | the chiefs | ملأ |
| 3 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 4 | قَوْمِqawmi | (the) people | قوم |
| 5 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 6 | أَتَذَرُatadharu | Will you leave | وذر |
| 7 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 8 | وَقَوْمَهُۥwaqawmahu | and his people | قوم |
| 9 | لِيُفْسِدُوا۟liyuf'sidū | so that they cause corruption | فسد |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 12 | وَيَذَرَكَwayadharaka | and forsake you | وذر |
| 13 | وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚwaālihataka | and your gods | أله |
| 14 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 15 | سَنُقَتِّلُsanuqattilu | We will kill | قتل |
| 16 | أَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahum | their sons | بني |
| 17 | وَنَسْتَحْىِۦwanastaḥyī | and we will let live | حيي |
| 18 | نِسَآءَهُمْnisāahum | their women | نسو |
| 19 | وَإِنَّاwa-innā | and indeed, we | — |
| 20 | فَوْقَهُمْfawqahum | over them | فوق |
| 21 | قَـٰهِرُونَqāhirūna | (are) subjugators | قهر |