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Al-Qasas 28:4

إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ عَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهۡلَهَا شِيَعٗا يَسۡتَضۡعِفُ طَآئِفَةٗ مِّنۡهُمۡ يُذَبِّحُ أَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيِۦ نِسَآءَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ

Indeed, Pharaoh ˹arrogantly˺ elevated himself in the land and divided its people into ˹subservient˺ groups, one of which he persecuted, slaughtering their sons and keeping their women. He was truly one of the corruptors.

Word by word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
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فِرۡعَوۡنَ
fir'ʿawna
Firaun
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عَلَا
ʿalā
exalted himself
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Root: علو
فِي
fī
in
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ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
l-arḍi
the land
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Root: ارض
وَجَعَلَ
wajaʿala
and made
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Root: جعل
أَهۡلَهَا
ahlahā
its people
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Root: اهل
شِيَعٗا
shiyaʿan
(into) sects
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Root: شيع
يَسۡتَضۡعِفُ
yastaḍʿifu
oppressing
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Root: ضعف
طَآئِفَةٗ
ṭāifatan
a group
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Root: طوف
مِّنۡهُمۡ
min'hum
among them
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يُذَبِّحُ
yudhabbiḥu
slaughtering
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Root: ذبح
أَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ
abnāahum
their sons
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Root: بني
وَيَسۡتَحۡيِۦ
wayastaḥyī
and letting live
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نِسَآءَهُمۡۚ
nisāahum
their women
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Root: نسو
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed he
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كَانَ
kāna
was
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Root: كون
مِنَ
mina
of
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ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ
l-muf'sidīna
the corrupters
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Root: فسد

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.