Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 9 (28:9)

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وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِّى وَلَكَ ۖ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ …

Quran 28:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 386 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:9
وَقَالَتِٱمْرَأَتُفِرْعَوْنَقُرَّتُعَيْنٍلِّىوَلَكَ ۖلَاتَقْتُلُوهُعَسَىٰٓأَنيَنفَعَنَآأَوْنَتَّخِذَهُۥوَلَدًاوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ٩
waqālati im'ra-atu fir'ʿawna qurratu ʿaynin lī walaka lā taqtulūhu ʿasā an yanfaʿanā aw nattakhidhahu waladan wahum lā yashʿurūna

And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.(9)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd said
  2. ٱمْرَأَتُim'ra-atu(the) wife
  3. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
  4. قُرَّتُqurratuA comfort
  5. عَيْنٍʿaynin(of the) eye
  6. لِّىlīfor me
  7. وَلَكَ ۖwalakaand for you
  8. لَاlā(Do) not
  9. تَقْتُلُوهُtaqtulūhukill him
  10. عَسَىٰٓʿasāperhaps
  11. أَنan(that)
  12. يَنفَعَنَآyanfaʿanāhe may benefit us
  13. أَوْawor
  14. نَتَّخِذَهُۥnattakhidhahuwe may take him
  15. وَلَدًاwaladan(as) a son
  16. وَهُمْwahumAnd they
  17. لَاlā(did) not
  18. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

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