Quran 7:141 — Al-A'raaf, verse 141
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember how We saved you from Pharaoh’s people, who were subjecting you to the worst of sufferings, killing your male children, sparing only your females- that was a mighty ordeal from your Lord.
وَإِذْ أَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُمْ بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ
wa-idh anjaynākum min āli fir'ʿawna yasūmūnakum sūa l-ʿadhābi yuqattilūna abnāakum wayastaḥyūna nisāakum wafī dhālikum balāon min rabbikum ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We delivered you from the folk of Pharaoh who were visiting you with evil chastisement, slaying your sons, and sparing your women -- and in that was a grievous trial from your Lord.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [he reminded them of this word of God]: "Lo, We saved you from Pharaoh's people who afflicted you with cruel suffering, slaying your sons in great numbers and sparing [only] your women - which was an awesome trial from your Sustainer."
- Sahih International
- And [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | أَنجَيْنَـٰكُمanjaynākum | We saved you | نجو |
| 3 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 4 | ءَالِāli | (the) people | أول |
| 5 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 6 | يَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakum | who were afflicting you | سوم |
| 7 | سُوٓءَsūa | (with) worst | سوأ |
| 8 | ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖl-ʿadhābi | (of) torment | عذب |
| 9 | يُقَتِّلُونَyuqattilūna | they were killing | قتل |
| 10 | أَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakum | your sons | بني |
| 11 | وَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūna | and letting live | حيي |
| 12 | نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚnisāakum | your women | نسو |
| 13 | وَفِىwafī | And in | — |
| 14 | ذَٰلِكُمdhālikum | that | — |
| 15 | بَلَآءٌۭbalāon | (was) a trial | بلو |
| 16 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 17 | رَّبِّكُمْrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 18 | عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |