Surah Hud, Ayah 97 (11:97)

هُود

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۖ وَمَآ أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيدٍ

Quran 11:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 232 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:97
إِلَىٰفِرْعَوْنَوَمَلَإِي۟هِۦفَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟أَمْرَفِرْعَوْنَ ۖوَمَآأَمْرُفِرْعَوْنَبِرَشِيدٍ٩٧
ilā fir'ʿawna wamala-ihi fa-ittabaʿū amra fir'ʿawna wamā amru fir'ʿawna birashīdin

To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.(97)

Word by word

  1. إِلَىٰilāTo
  2. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
  3. وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦwamala-ihiand his chiefs
  4. فَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟fa-ittabaʿūbut they followed
  5. أَمْرَamra(the) command of Firaun
  6. فِرْعَوْنَ ۖfir'ʿawna(the) command of Firaun
  7. وَمَآwamāand not
  8. أَمْرُamru(the) command of Firaun
  9. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(the) command of Firaun
  10. بِرَشِيدٍbirashīdinwas right

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