سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 127
وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَـٰهِرُونَ ﴿127﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The chiefs of Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people said: "Will you leave Mûsâ (Moses) and his people to spread mischief in the land, and to abandon you and your gods?" He said: "We will kill their sons, and let live their women, and we have indeed irresistible power over them."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
ٱلْمَلَأُ
l-mala-u
the chiefs
مِن
min
of
قَوْمِ
qawmi
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
أَتَذَرُ
atadharu
Will you leave
مُوسَىٰ
mūsā
Musa
وَقَوْمَهُۥ
waqawmahu
and his people
لِيُفْسِدُوا۟
liyuf'sidū
so that they cause corruption
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْأَرْضِ
l-arḍi
the earth
وَيَذَرَكَ
wayadharaka
and forsake you
وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ
waālihataka
and your gods
قَالَ
qāla
He said
سَنُقَتِّلُ
sanuqattilu
We will kill
أَبْنَآءَهُمْ
abnāahum
their sons
وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ
wanastaḥyī
and we will let live
نِسَآءَهُمْ
nisāahum
their women
وَإِنَّا
wa-innā
and indeed, we
فَوْقَهُمْ
fawqahum
over them
قَـٰهِرُونَ
qāhirūna
(are) subjugators
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.
127. 1. This has always been the way of the corrupters in every era: they label the people of Allah as corrupters and describe their call to faith and monotheism as corruption. Pharaoh also said the same.
127. 2. Although Pharaoh claimed Lordship — (اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰى) 79. Az-Zariyat:24) — he used to say, "I am your greatest lord," but there were also other minor deities through whom people sought nearness to Pharaoh.
127. 3. They cannot create any obstacle in our system. This program of killing the prophets was devised at the suggestion of Pharaoh's people. Even before this, when Musa (Moses) (AS) had not yet been born, and after his birth, to eliminate him, Pharaoh began killing the newborn sons of Bani Israel. After the birth of Musa ﷺ, Allah made such an arrangement to save him that Musa ﷺ was sent to Pharaoh's own palace and was raised in his lap. (فَلِلّٰهِ الْمَكْرُ جَمِيْعًا) 13. Ar-Ra'd:42).
127. 2. Although Pharaoh claimed Lordship — (اَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْاَعْلٰى) 79. Az-Zariyat:24) — he used to say, "I am your greatest lord," but there were also other minor deities through whom people sought nearness to Pharaoh.
127. 3. They cannot create any obstacle in our system. This program of killing the prophets was devised at the suggestion of Pharaoh's people. Even before this, when Musa (Moses) (AS) had not yet been born, and after his birth, to eliminate him, Pharaoh began killing the newborn sons of Bani Israel. After the birth of Musa ﷺ, Allah made such an arrangement to save him that Musa ﷺ was sent to Pharaoh's own palace and was raised in his lap. (فَلِلّٰهِ الْمَكْرُ جَمِيْعًا) 13. Ar-Ra'd:42).
