Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 46 (23:46)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَالِينَ

Quran 23:46 is ayah 46 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 345 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:46
إِلَىٰفِرْعَوْنَوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦفَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟وَكَانُوا۟قَوْمًاعَالِينَ٤٦
ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-is'takbarū wakānū qawman ʿālīna

To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.(46)

Word by word

  1. إِلَىٰilāTo
  2. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
  3. وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiand his chiefs
  4. فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūbut they behaved arrogantly
  5. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
  6. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  7. عَالِينَʿālīnahaughty

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