Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-A'raf, verse 127

Each word opens its meaning.

﴿١٢٧﴾

Tap a word for its meaning and pronunciation, then open its page.

Without diacritics

وقال الملا من قوم فرعون اتذر موسى وقومه ليفسدوا في الارض ويذرك والهتك قال سنقتل ابناءهم ونستحيي نساءهم وانا فوقهم قاهرون

Said the chiefs of Pharaoh's People: "Wilt thou leave Moses and his people, To spread mischief in the land, And to abandon thee And thy gods?" He said: "Their male children will we Slay; (only) their females Will we save alive; And we have over them (Power) irresistible."

A translation is its translator's understanding of the Quran, not the Quran itself. Our method

  • Verse 127 of 206
  • Juz 9
  • Page 165

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَAnd saidwaqāla
  2. ٱلْمَلَأُthe chiefsl-mala-u
  3. مِنofmin
  4. قَوْمِ(the) peopleqawmi
  5. فِرْعَوْنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  6. أَتَذَرُWill you leaveatadharu
  7. مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
  8. وَقَوْمَهُۥand his peoplewaqawmahu
  9. لِيُفْسِدُوا۟so that they cause corruptionliyuf'sidū
  10. فِىinfī
  11. ٱلْأَرْضِthe earthl-arḍi
  12. وَيَذَرَكَand forsake youwayadharaka
  13. وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚand your godswaālihataka
  14. قَالَHe saidqāla
  15. سَنُقَتِّلُWe will killsanuqattilu
  16. أَبْنَآءَهُمْtheir sonsabnāahum
  17. وَنَسْتَحْىِۦand we will let livewanastaḥyī
  18. نِسَآءَهُمْtheir womennisāahum
  19. وَإِنَّاand indeed, wewa-innā
  20. فَوْقَهُمْover themfawqahum
  21. قَـٰهِرُونَ(are) subjugatorsqāhirūna

Classical tafsir of this verse (in Arabic)

A tafsir is its author's reading, shown as its author wrote it. Our method

Read it in its surah