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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 141 (7:141)

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وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ …

Quran 7:141 is ayah 141 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 167 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:141
وَإِذْأَنجَيْنَٰكُممِّنْءَالِفِرْعَوْنَيَسُومُونَكُمْسُوٓءَٱلْعَذَابِ ۖيُقَتِّلُونَأَبْنَآءَكُمْوَيَسْتَحْيُونَنِسَآءَكُمْ ۚوَفِىذَٰلِكُمبَلَآءٌمِّنرَّبِّكُمْعَظِيمٌ١٤١
wa-idh anjaynākum min āli fir'ʿawna yasūmūnakum sūa l-ʿadhābi yuqattilūna abnāakum wayastaḥyūna nisāakum wafī dhālikum balāon min rabbikum ʿaẓīmun

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.(141)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. أَنجَيْنَٰكُمanjaynākumWe saved you
  3. مِّنْminfrom
  4. ءَالِāli(the) people
  5. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
  6. يَسُومُونَكُمْyasūmūnakumwho were afflicting you
  7. سُوٓءَsūa(with) worst
  8. ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖl-ʿadhābi(of) torment
  9. يُقَتِّلُونَyuqattilūnathey were killing
  10. أَبْنَآءَكُمْabnāakumyour sons
  11. وَيَسْتَحْيُونَwayastaḥyūnaand letting live
  12. نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚnisāakumyour women
  13. وَفِىwafīAnd in
  14. ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumthat
  15. بَلَآءٌbalāon(was) a trial
  16. مِّنminfrom
  17. رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
  18. عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

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