Sura 28 Al-Qasas (The Stories), ayah 4
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إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَائِفَةً مِنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيِي نِسَاءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ
Translation by words
- إِنَّ
- Indeed,
- فِرْعَوْنَ
- Firaun
- عَلَا
- exalted himself
- فِى
- in
- ٱلْأَرْضِ
- the land
- وَجَعَلَ
- and made
- أَهْلَهَا
- its people
- شِيَعًا
- (into) sects,
- يَسْتَضْعِفُ
- oppressing
- طَآئِفَةً
- a group
- مِّنْهُمْ
- among them,
- يُذَبِّحُ
- slaughtering
- أَبْنَآءَهُمْ
- their sons
- وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ
- and letting live
- نِسَآءَهُمْ
- their women.
- إِنَّهُۥ
- Indeed, he
- كَانَ
- was
- مِنَ
- of
- ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
- the corrupters.
Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their (newborn) sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.
28:4
Translation: Saheeh International