Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 8 (28:8)

ٱلْقَصَص

فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَ …

Quran 28:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 386 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:8
فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓءَالُفِرْعَوْنَلِيَكُونَلَهُمْعَدُوًّاوَحَزَنًا ۗإِنَّفِرْعَوْنَوَهَٰمَٰنَوَجُنُودَهُمَاكَانُوا۟خَٰطِِٔينَ٨
fal-taqaṭahu ālu fir'ʿawna liyakūna lahum ʿaduwwan waḥazanan inna fir'ʿawna wahāmāna wajunūdahumā kānū khāṭiīna

And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.(8)

Word by word

  1. فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓfal-taqaṭahuThen picked him up
  2. ءَالُālu(the) family
  3. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
  4. لِيَكُونَliyakūnaso that he might become
  5. لَهُمْlahumto them
  6. عَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemy
  7. وَحَزَنًا ۗwaḥazananand a grief
  8. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  9. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
  10. وَهَٰمَٰنَwahāmānaand Haman
  11. وَجُنُودَهُمَاwajunūdahumāand their hosts
  12. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  13. خَٰطِِٔينَkhāṭiīnasinners

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