إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًۭا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةًۭ مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
Translation
Sahih International
Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.
Word-by-Word Translation
إِنَّ
Indeed
فِرْعَوْنَ
Firaun
عَلَا
exalted himself
فِى
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the land
وَجَعَلَ
and made
أَهْلَهَا
its people
شِيَعًۭا
(into) sects
يَسْتَضْعِفُ
oppressing
طَآئِفَةًۭ
a group
مِّنْهُمْ
among them
يُذَبِّحُ
slaughtering
أَبْنَآءَهُمْ
their sons
وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ
and letting live
نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ
their women
إِنَّهُۥ
Indeed, he
كَانَ
was
مِنَ
of
ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ
the corrupters
٤
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