Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:9

28:9

وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِّى وَلَكَ ۖ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

waqālati im'ra-atu fir'ʿawna qurratu ʿaynin lī walaka lā taqtulūhu ʿasā an yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahu waladan wahum lā yashʿurūna

And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.

— Saheeh International

and Pharaoh’s wife said, ‘Here is a joy to behold for me and for you! Do not kill him: he may be of use to us, or we may adopt him as a son.’ They did not realize what they were doing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the wife of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "A comfort of the eye for me and for you. Kill him not, perhaps he may be of benefit to us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not (the result of that).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd said
ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
قُرَّتُqurratuA comfort
عَيْنٍۢʿaynin(of the) eye
لِّىlīfor me
وَلَكَۖwalakaand for you
لَاlā(Do) not
تَقْتُلُوهُtaqtulūhukill him
عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
أَنan(that)
يَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanāhe may benefit us
أَوْawor
نَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahuwe may take him
وَلَدًۭاwaladan(as) a son
وَهُمْwahumAnd they
لَاlā(did) not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive