Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:26

40:26

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ

waqāla fir'ʿawnu dharūnī aqtul mūsā walyadʿu rabbahu innī akhāfu an yubaddila dīnakum aw an yuẓ'hira fī l-arḍi l-fasāda

And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."

— Saheeh International

and Pharaoh said, ‘Leave me to kill Moses- let him call upon his Lord!- for I fear he may cause you to change your religion, or spread disorder in the land.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "Leave me to kill Mûsâ (Moses), and let him call his Lord (to stop me from killing him)! I fear that he may change your religion, or that he may cause mischief to appear in the land!"

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
ذَرُونِىٓdharūnīLeave me
أَقْتُلْaqtul(so that) I kill
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
وَلْيَدْعُwalyadʿuand let him call
رَبَّهُۥٓۖrabbahuhis Lord
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
أَخَافُakhāfu[I] fear
أَنanthat
يُبَدِّلَyubaddilahe will change
دِينَكُمْdīnakumyour religion
أَوْawor
أَنanthat
يُظْهِرَyuẓ'hirahe may cause to appear
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasādathe corruption