سُوْرَةُ التَّحْرِيْمِ
Surah At-Tahrim (66) — Ayah 11
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ٱبْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِى مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿11﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And Allâh has set forth an example for those who believe: the wife of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), when she said: "My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Paradise, and save me from Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and his work, and save me from the people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in Allâh).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَضَرَبَ
waḍaraba
And presents
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مَثَلًۭا
mathalan
an example
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believed
ٱمْرَأَتَ
im'ra-ata
(the) wife
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
إِذْ
idh
when
قَالَتْ
qālat
she said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
ٱبْنِ
ib'ni
Build
لِى
lī
for me
عِندَكَ
ʿindaka
near You
بَيْتًۭا
baytan
a house
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
l-janati
Paradise
وَنَجِّنِى
wanajjinī
and save me
مِن
min
from
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
Firaun
وَعَمَلِهِۦ
waʿamalihi
and his deeds
وَنَجِّنِى
wanajjinī
and save me
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلْقَوْمِ
l-qawmi
the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
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11. And Allah sets forth the example for the believers: the wife of Pharaoh [23], when she said: "My Lord! Build for me a house with You in Paradise, and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds, and save me from the wrongdoing people."
[23]
The Virtue of Lady Maryam and Lady Asiyah, the Wife of Pharaoh:
This was the same wife of Pharaoh, Asiyah, who had said to Pharaoh: Look, how lovely this child (Sayyiduna Musa) is. Why don’t we raise him and make him our own child? Then she did raise him as well. She had already believed in Sayyiduna Musa. When Pharaoh came to know about her faith, he began to inflict various kinds of torture upon her. Then, when Asiyah remained steadfast in her faith, he considered it best for his own safety to have her killed. At that time, she prayed to her Lord: Grant me deliverance from these oppressors, and call me to Yourself, and build for me a house in Paradise. Her prayer was accepted, and even before death came, in the throes of death, Allah showed her her palace in Paradise. And Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash‘ari says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Many men have attained perfection, but among women, none attained perfection except Maryam bint ‘Imran and Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh. And the superiority of ‘A’ishah ؓ over other women is like the superiority of tharid over other foods.” [بخاري۔ كتاب المناقب۔ باب فضل عائشة رضي الله عنها]
[23]
The Virtue of Lady Maryam and Lady Asiyah, the Wife of Pharaoh:
This was the same wife of Pharaoh, Asiyah, who had said to Pharaoh: Look, how lovely this child (Sayyiduna Musa) is. Why don’t we raise him and make him our own child? Then she did raise him as well. She had already believed in Sayyiduna Musa. When Pharaoh came to know about her faith, he began to inflict various kinds of torture upon her. Then, when Asiyah remained steadfast in her faith, he considered it best for his own safety to have her killed. At that time, she prayed to her Lord: Grant me deliverance from these oppressors, and call me to Yourself, and build for me a house in Paradise. Her prayer was accepted, and even before death came, in the throes of death, Allah showed her her palace in Paradise. And Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash‘ari says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Many men have attained perfection, but among women, none attained perfection except Maryam bint ‘Imran and Asiyah, the wife of Pharaoh. And the superiority of ‘A’ishah ؓ over other women is like the superiority of tharid over other foods.” [بخاري۔ كتاب المناقب۔ باب فضل عائشة رضي الله عنها]
