Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:51

43:51

وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

wanādā fir'ʿawnu fī qawmihi qāla yāqawmi alaysa lī mul'ku miṣ'ra wahādhihi l-anhāru tajrī min taḥtī afalā tub'ṣirūna

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

— Saheeh International

Pharaoh proclaimed to his people, ‘My people, is the Kingdom of Egypt not mine? And these rivers that flow at my feet, are they not mine? Do you not see?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) proclaimed among his people (saying): "O my people! Is not mine the dominion of Egypt, and these rivers flowing underneath me. See you not then?

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

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Word by Word

وَنَادَىٰwanādāAnd called out
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
فِىfīamong
قَوْمِهِۦqawmihihis people
قَالَqālahe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
أَلَيْسَalaysaIs not
لِىlīfor me
مُلْكُmul'ku(the) kingdom
مِصْرَmiṣ'ra(of) Egypt
وَهَـٰذِهِwahādhihiand these
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُl-anhāru[the] rivers
تَجْرِىtajrīflowing
مِنminunderneath me
تَحْتِىٓۖtaḥtīunderneath me
أَفَلَاafalāThen do not
تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūnayou see