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Surah Al-A’raf, Verse 141

سورة الأعراف، الآية ١٤١

7:141 Juz 9 Hizb 17 Page 167 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 7:141

وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ ۝١٤١

Transliteration

wa-idh anjaynākum min āli fir'ʿawna yasūmūnakum sūa l-ʿadhābi yuqattilūna abnāakum wayastaḥyūna nisāakum wafī dhālikum balāon min rabbikum ʿaẓīmun

Translation

And [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

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Verse 141 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:141), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 167 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 141

Al-Mukhtasar

And remember O Children of Israel, when I saved you from the humiliation of Pharaoh and his people, who were making you suffer greatly, killing your sons and letting your women live to serve them. Being saved from Pharaoh and his people was a great test from your Lord, to see if you would be thankful.

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Other translations of verse 141

And [remember] when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst punishment – killing your sons and sparing your women. That was a great trial from your Lord.

And (remember) when We rescued you from Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people, who were afflicting you with the worst torment, killing your sons and letting your women live. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

And (remember) when We did deliver you from Pharaoh's folk who were afflicting you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women. That was a tremendous trial from your Lord.

And remember We rescued you from Pharaoh's people, who afflicted you with the worst of penalties, who slew your male children and saved alive your females: in that was a momentous trial from your Lord.

And when We delivered you from Firon's people who subjected you to severe torment, killing your sons and sparing your women, and in this there was a great trial from your Lord.

And as We delivered you from the house of Firaawn (Pharaoh) who were marking you for an odious torment, massacring your sons and (sparing) alive your women, and in that (Literally: those (things) was a tremendous trial from your Lord. .

Verse 141 word by word

  1. وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
  2. أَنجَيْنَٰكُم anjaynākum We saved you ن ج و
  3. مِّنْ min from
  4. ءَالِ āli (the) people أ و ل
  5. فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun
  6. يَسُومُونَكُمْ yasūmūnakum who were afflicting you س و م
  7. سُوٓءَ sūa (with) worst س و أ
  8. ٱلْعَذَابِ l-ʿadhābi (of) torment ع ذ ب
  9. يُقَتِّلُونَ yuqattilūna they were killing ق ت ل
  10. أَبْنَآءَكُمْ abnāakum your sons ب ن ي
  11. وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ wayastaḥyūna and letting live ح ي ي
  12. نِسَآءَكُمْ nisāakum your women ن س و
  13. وَفِى wafī And in
  14. ذَٰلِكُم dhālikum that
  15. بَلَآءٌ balāon (was) a trial ب ل و
  16. مِّن min from
  17. رَّبِّكُمْ rabbikum your Lord ر ب ب
  18. عَظِيمٌ ʿaẓīmun great ع ظ م

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  • Al-Baqarah 2:49

    وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

    And [recall] when We saved you [i.e., your forefathers] from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with the worst torment, slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

  • Ibrahim 14:6

    وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ أَنجَىٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

    And [recall, O Children of Israel], when Moses said to his people, "Remember the favor of Allāh upon you when He saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who were afflicting you with the worst torment and were slaughtering your [newborn] sons and keeping your females alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

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