سُوْرَةُ الْاَعْرَافِ
Surah Al-A'raaf (7) — Ayah 141
وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ ﴿141﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when We rescued you from Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people, who were afflicting you with the worst torment, killing your sons and letting your women live. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم
anjaynākum
We saved you
مِّنْ
min
from
ءَالِ
āli
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
يَسُومُونَكُمْ
yasūmūnakum
who were afflicting you
سُوٓءَ
sūa
(with) worst
ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ
l-ʿadhābi
(of) torment
يُقَتِّلُونَ
yuqattilūna
they were killing
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 al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
(Ayah 141) {وَ اِذْ اَنْجَيْنٰكُمْ مِّنْ اٰلِ فِرْعَوْنَ … :} Fourthly, remember the deliverance from the people of Pharaoh, for not only Pharaoh alone but his entire nation had enslaved you. {’’ بَلَآءٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكُمْ ‘‘} A trial can be both a blessing and a calamity. In this incident, you faced both the trial of hardship and of blessing. The slaughtering of your sons, keeping your women alive to make them slave girls and use them for labor, fulfilling their desires, and planning to wipe out the progeny of the Children of Israel by eliminating the men was the calamity, and deliverance from it was the blessing. See also Surah Al-Baqarah (49).
It is narrated from Abu Waqid Al-Laithi (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out towards Hunayn, he passed by a tree belonging to the polytheists, which was called Dhat Anwat, and they used to hang their weapons on it. So (some new Muslims) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Appoint for us a Dhat Anwat as they have a Dhat Anwat." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Subhan Allah! This is just like what the people of Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'Make for us a god just as they have gods.' By the One in Whose hand is my soul! You will surely follow the ways of those before you." [ ترمذی، الفتن، باب ما جاء لترکبن سنن … : ۲۱۸۰ ] Both Tirmidhi and Al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on them) graded it Sahih.
It is narrated from Abu Waqid Al-Laithi (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out towards Hunayn, he passed by a tree belonging to the polytheists, which was called Dhat Anwat, and they used to hang their weapons on it. So (some new Muslims) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Appoint for us a Dhat Anwat as they have a Dhat Anwat." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Subhan Allah! This is just like what the people of Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'Make for us a god just as they have gods.' By the One in Whose hand is my soul! You will surely follow the ways of those before you." [ ترمذی، الفتن، باب ما جاء لترکبن سنن … : ۲۱۸۰ ] Both Tirmidhi and Al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on them) graded it Sahih.
