سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ
Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 18
قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ﴿18﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
[Fir‘aun (Pharaoh)] said [to Mûsâ (Moses)]: "Did we not bring you up among us as a child? And you did dwell many years of your life with us.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
نُرَبِّكَ
nurabbika
we bring you up
فِينَا
fīnā
among us
وَلِيدًۭا
walīdan
(as) a child
وَلَبِثْتَ
walabith'ta
and you remained
فِينَا
fīnā
among us
مِنْ
min
of
عُمُرِكَ
ʿumurika
your life
سِنِينَ
sinīna
years
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.
18-1. Instead of considering the invitation and demand of Musa (عليه السلام), Pharaoh began to question him and said, "Are you not the one who was raised in our lap and in our house, while we used to kill the children of Bani Israel?"
18-2. Some say that he spent 18 years in Pharaoh's palace, according to others 30 years, and according to some, forty years—that is, after spending so many years with us, and then living here and there for a few years, now you have started claiming prophethood?
18-2. Some say that he spent 18 years in Pharaoh's palace, according to others 30 years, and according to some, forty years—that is, after spending so many years with us, and then living here and there for a few years, now you have started claiming prophethood?
