Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 4

Meaning of Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 4

Inna firAAawna AAala fee al-ardiwajaAAala ahlaha shiyaAAan yastadAAifu ta-ifatanminhum yuthabbihu abnaahum wayastahyeenisaahum innahu kana mina almufsideen

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1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
3. عَلَاʿalāexalted himself
4. فِىfīin
5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
6. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
7. أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
8. شِيَعًۭاshiyaʿan(into) sects
9. يَسْتَضْعِفُyastaḍʿifuoppressing
10. طَآئِفَةًۭṭāifatana group
11. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
12. يُذَبِّحُyudhabbiḥuslaughtering
13. أَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahumtheir sons
14. وَيَسْتَحْىِۦwayastaḥyīand letting live
15. نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚnisāahumtheir women
16. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
17. كَانَkānawas
18. مِنَminaof
19. ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīnathe corrupters