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Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 51
وَنَادَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى قَوْمِهِۦ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِى مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَـٰذِهِ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِىٓ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ ﴿51﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) proclaimed among his people (saying): "O my people! Is not mine the dominion of Egypt, and these rivers flowing underneath me. See you not then?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَنَادَىٰ
wanādā
And called out
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'ʿawnu
Firaun
فِى
fī
among
قَوْمِهِۦ
qawmihi
his people
قَالَ
qāla
he said
يَـٰقَوْمِ
yāqawmi
O my people
أَلَيْسَ
alaysa
Is not
لِى
lī
for me
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(the) kingdom
مِصْرَ
miṣ'ra
(of) Egypt
وَهَـٰذِهِ
wahādhihi
and these
ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ
l-anhāru
[the] rivers
تَجْرِى
tajrī
flowing
مِن
min
underneath me
تَحْتِىٓ ۖ
taḥtī
underneath me
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then do not
تُبْصِرُونَ
tub'ṣirūna
you see
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.
51. 1. By this is meant the Nile River or some of its branches which used to flow beneath his palace.
