Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:127

7:127

وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَـٰهِرُونَ

waqāla l-mala-u min qawmi fir'ʿawna atadharu mūsā waqawmahu liyuf'sidū fī l-arḍi wayadharaka waālihataka qāla sanuqattilu abnāahum wanastaḥyī nisāahum wa-innā fawqahum qāhirūna

And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said, "Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."

— Saheeh International

The leaders among Pharaoh’s people said to him, ‘But are you going to leave Moses and his people to spread corruption in the land and forsake you and your gods?’ He replied, ‘We shall kill their male children, sparing only the females: We have complete power over them.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The chiefs of Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people said: "Will you leave Mûsâ (Moses) and his people to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon you and your gods?" He said: "We will kill their sons, and let live their women, and we have indeed irresistible power over them."

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uthe chiefs
مِنminof
قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
أَتَذَرُatadharuWill you leave
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
وَقَوْمَهُۥwaqawmahuand his people
لِيُفْسِدُوا۟liyuf'sidūso that they cause corruption
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَيَذَرَكَwayadharakaand forsake you
وَءَالِهَتَكَۚwaālihatakaand your gods
قَالَqālaHe said
سَنُقَتِّلُsanuqattiluWe will kill
أَبْنَآءَهُمْabnāahumtheir sons
وَنَسْتَحْىِۦwanastaḥyīand we will let live
نِسَآءَهُمْnisāahumtheir women
وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
فَوْقَهُمْfawqahumover them
قَـٰهِرُونَqāhirūna(are) subjugators