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Surah Al-Qasas Verse 4

Quran 28:4 · The Stories · Meccan · Juz 20

28:4

Arabic

اِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى الْاَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ اَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَّسْتَضْعِفُ طَاۤىِٕفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ اَبْنَاۤءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيٖ نِسَاۤءَهُمْ ۗاِنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدِيْنَ ۝٤

Transliteration

Inna fir‘auna ‘alā fil-arḍi wa ja‘ala ahlahā syiya‘ay yastaḍ‘ifu ṭō-ifatam minhum yużabbiḥu abnā-ahum wa yastaḥyī nisā-ahum, innahū kāna minal-mufsidīn

Meaning

Pharaoh exalted himself in the land, and divided its people into factions. He persecuted a group of them, slaughtering their sons, while sparing their daughters. He was truly a corrupter.

Surah Al-Qasas verse 4 (Quran 28:4) is verse 4 of the 88 verses of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), a Meccan surah that is number 28 in the Quran, and it is part of juz 20.

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Arabic text: Ministry of Religious Affairs of Indonesia (Kemenag RI). Transliteration: Aplikita. English translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com (CC BY-ND 4.0).