سُوْرَةُ الشُّعَرَآءِ

Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 18

The Poets · Meccan · Juz 19 · Page 367

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ ﴿18﴾
[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.
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

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