سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 25
فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ ﴿25﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then, when he brought them the Truth from Us, they said: "Kill the sons of those who believe with him and let their women live"; but the plots of disbelievers are nothing but in vain!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَلَمَّا
falammā
Then when
جَآءَهُم
jāahum
he brought to them
بِٱلْحَقِّ
bil-ḥaqi
the truth
مِنْ
min
from
عِندِنَا
ʿindinā
Us
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟
uq'tulū
Kill
أَبْنَآءَ
abnāa
(the) sons
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
with him
وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟
wa-is'taḥyū
and let live
نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ
nisāahum
their women
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَيْدُ
kaydu
(is the) plot
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
(of) the disbelievers
إِلَّا
illā
but
فِى
fī
in
ضَلَـٰلٍۢ
ḍalālin
error
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.
25. 1. Pharaoh had been doing this before as well so that the child would not be born who, according to the astrologers’ prediction, was a threat to his kingdom. He gave this order again to humiliate and disgrace Musa (Moses) (AS), and also so that the Children of Israel would consider Musa’s (AS) existence to be a cause of calamity and misfortune for themselves, just as in reality they said: (اُوْذِيْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ تَاْتِيَنَا وَمِنْۢ بَعْدِ مَا جِئْتَنَا) 7. Al-A'raf:129) "O Musa (AS), even before you came to us, we were afflicted with hardships, and after you have come, our condition is the same."
25. 1. That is, the purpose he wanted to achieve by this—that the strength of the Children of Israel would not increase and his own honor would not decrease—he did not achieve it. Rather, Allah drowned Pharaoh and his people, and made the Children of Israel the inheritors of the blessed land.
25. 1. That is, the purpose he wanted to achieve by this—that the strength of the Children of Israel would not increase and his own honor would not decrease—he did not achieve it. Rather, Allah drowned Pharaoh and his people, and made the Children of Israel the inheritors of the blessed land.
