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Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 46

The Believers · Meccan · Juz 18 · Page 345

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إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَالِينَ ﴿46﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

To Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and his chiefs, but they behaved insolently and they were people self-exalting (by disobeying their Lord, and exalting themselves over and above the Messenger of Allâh).

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

إِلَىٰ ilā To
فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna Firaun
وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ wamala-ihi and his chiefs
فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ fa-is'takbarū but they behaved arrogantly
وَكَانُوا۟ wakānū and they were
قَوْمًا qawman a people
عَالِينَ ʿālīna haughty

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(Ayah 46) ➊ {اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَ مَلَاۡىِٕهٖ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوْا:} Here, that statement has been omitted which Pharaoh and his chiefs arrogantly rejected, because in the mention of all previous prophets, it has already been stated several times, that is: « اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِّنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهٗ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُوْنَ» [ المؤمنون : ۳۲ ] "Worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him. Will you not then fear?" And according to Allah's statement, this was the call of every messenger. (See Al-Anbiya: 25)
➋ The addition of the letters "seen" and "taa" in { فَاسْتَكْبَرُوْا وَ كَانُوْا قَوْمًا عَالِيْنَ:’’ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوْا ‘‘} indicates the intensity of arrogance. For details of {’’ قَوْمًا عَالِيْنَ‘‘}, see Surah Al-Qasas (4).

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Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

46-1. Arrogance and considering oneself superior, its fundamental reason was also the denial of the Hereafter and the abundance of worldly means, which was mentioned in the incidents of previous nations.

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To Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they acted arrogantly, for they were a haughty [48] people.

[48] That is, they were arrogant people who considered themselves to be a creature superior to ordinary humans.
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