سُوْرَةُ اِبْرَاهِيْمَ
Surah Ibrahim (14) — Ayah 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 ﴿6﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when Mûsâ (Moses) said to his people: "Call to mind Allâh’s Favour to you, when He delivered you from Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people who were afflicting you with horrible torment, and were slaughtering your sons and letting your women alive; and in it was a tremendous trial from your Lord."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَ
qāla
said
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
لِقَوْمِهِ
liqawmihi
to his people
ٱذْكُرُوا۟
udh'kurū
Remember
نِعْمَةَ
niʿ'mata
(the) Favor of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(the) Favor of Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
upon you
إِذْ
idh
when
أَنجَىٰكُم
anjākum
He saved you
مِّنْ
min
from
ءَالِ
āli
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
يَسُومُونَكُمْ
yasūmūnakum
they were afflicting you
سُوٓءَ
sūa
(with) evil
ٱلْعَذَابِ
l-ʿadhābi
torment
وَيُذَبِّحُونَ
wayudhabbiḥūna
and were slaughtering
أَبْنَآءَكُمْ
abnāakum
your sons
وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ
wayastaḥyūna
and letting live
نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ
nisāakum
your women
وَفِى
wafī
And in
ذَٰلِكُم
dhālikum
that
بَلَآءٌۭ
balāon
(was) a trial
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكُمْ
rabbikum
your Lord
عَظِيمٌۭ
ʿaẓīmun
great
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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.
6. 1. That is, just as this was a very great trial, in the same way, deliverance from it was a very great favor of Allah. This is why some translators have translated بَلَاَء as "trial" and some as "favor."
