The Holy Qor-aan 007:142
وَاِذۡ اَنۡجَيۡنٰكُمۡ مِّنۡ اٰلِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ يَسُوۡمُوۡنَـكُمۡ سُوۡٓءَ الۡعَذَابِ ۚ يُقَتِّلُوۡنَ اَبۡنَآءَكُمۡ وَ يَسۡتَحۡيُوۡنَ نِسَآءَكُمۡ وَفِىۡ ذٰ لِكُمۡ بَلَاۤ ءٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّكُمۡ عَظِيۡمٌ
Wa iz aun-jai-naa koom min aa-lay phir-auo-na
Ya-soo-moo-na koom soo-aa ul-aa-zaa-bay
Yo-qaut-tay-loo-na aub-naa-aa koom
Wa yaus-tauh-yoo-na nay-saa-aa koom
Wa fee zaa-lay-koom ba-laa-oon
Min raub-bay koom aa-zee-m
And when We rescued you from the followers of Pharaoh
Inflicting on you the worst kind of punishment
Taking life of your sons
And giving life to your women
And in that for you was a trial
From your Most Glorious God.
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., Links words, phrases or clauses; additionally; also; but; moreover; though; when; while; whereupon; yet)
- اِذۡ — Iz — When (= Any event, occasion, opportunity or time. Also, behold; call to mind; consider; now that; ponder over; recall; reflect, remember; think of. A/t/a, ‘remember,’ ‘call to mind when,’ ‘remember the time when,’ ‘(remember) when’ and ‘(recall the word of God) when’)
- اَنۡجَيۡنٰ — Aun-jai-naa — We rescued (= v., past., pl., 1st person. Delivered. Extracted. Protected. Recovered. Saved. Took out of the enemy clutches. The past tense verb for single 3rd person turned into that of plural 1st person as explained in Note 001:007. A/t/a , ‘delivered’ and ‘did deliver’)
- کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You all)
- مِّنۡ — Min — From (= Among, from or out of the class or category of several articles, counts, kinds, things, persons or phenomenon)
- اٰلِ — Aa-lay — Followers (= n., Children; family; folks; followers; men; nation; people; progeny; off-springs. A/t/a, ‘folk’)
- فِرۡعَوۡنَ — Phir-auo-na — Pharaoh (= The dictatorial monarchs of Egypt who were known for being awfully arrogant, extremely boastful, pride-stricken, vanity-rich and with big ego. See 002:050. A/t/a, ‘Pharoah’s’ and ’Fir’aun’s (Pharaoh)’
- يَسُوۡمُوۡنَ — Ya-soo-moo-na — They inflicting (= v., pres., pl., 3rd person. Afflicting; hurting; imposing; oppressing; punishing; setting up; subjecting. A/t/a, ‘who subjected … to,’ ‘who afflicted … with,’ ‘were afflicting … with’ and ‘who had oppressed’ but that in the past tense is no translation of the present tense in the Holy Qor-aan text)
- کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You all)
- سُوۡٓءَ — Soo-aa … (ul) — Worst kind (= adj., Bad. Cruel. Dreadful. Evil. Foul. Grievous. Harmful. Horrible. Repulsive. Severe. Terrible. Unacceptable. Unpleasant. Vicious. Worse. See Note 003:031. A/t/a, ‘dreadful’ and ‘cruelly’)
- الۡعَذَابِ — Aa-zaa-bay — Punishment (= n., Appropriate, due and fair agony, chastisement, doom, hard task, penalty, recompense, torment, torture or scourge. A/t/a, ‘penalties’)
- يُقَتِّلُوۡنَ — Yo-qaut-tay-loo-na — They taking life (= v., pres., pl., 3rd person. Inflicting a slow, drawn out, painful and torturing process of beheading, crucifying, killing, murdering, putting to death, slaughtering or slaying. A/t/a, ‘slaughtering,’ ‘slaying,’ ‘killing,’ ‘gradually went on killing’ and ‘putting … to death.’ But ‘slew’ in the past tense is no translation of the present tense of the Holy Qor-aan text)
- اَبۡنَآءَ — Aub-naa-aa — Sons (= n., pl., This word is the plural of ابۡن (ibn). It means sons, boys, male family members or men. The word includes children h.l.s. (how low so ever), descendants off-springs, posterity, progeny. A/t/a, ‘male children’)
- کُمۡ — Koom — You (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person You all)
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., Links words, phrases, clauses. See وَ above)
- يَسۡتَحۡيُوۡنَ — Yaus-tauh-yoo-na — They giving life (= v., pres., pl., 3rd person. Giving life; keeping alive; letting live; sparing. A/t/a, ‘saved alive’ and ‘let … live (and thus sought to make them immodest)’ in the past tense is no translation of the present tense of the Holy Qor-aan text)
- نِسَآءَ — Nay-saa-aa — Women (= n., Girls; female children; female members of family; ladies; widows; wives; women folk. Married companion of a man. A/t/a, ‘females,’ ‘female ones’ and ‘women’)
- کُمۡ — Koom == Your (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You all)
- وَ — Wa — And (= Conj., Links words, phrases, clauses. See وَ above)
- فِىۡ — Fee — In (= About. Amidst. Among. Contained inside a duration, event, time, place, period, person, phenomenon, situation or thing. Also, concerning; for the sake of; in reference to; pursuant to; regarding; relative to. See 002:028)
- ذٰلِكُمۡ — Zaa-lay-koom — For you in this (= This word is a combination of three words. The first ذٰ (zaa) means here, this fact or person who is right here, this or that is how it is, etc. The second لِ (lay) means for, belonging to, or is meant for. The third كُمۡ (koom) is [pro., pl., m., 2nd person] a pronoun for the plural, masculine in 2nd person means You. The combination means this or that is for you. A/t/a, ‘therein,’ ‘that,’ ‘this indeed was,’ ‘this was’ and ‘surely’)
- بَلَاۤءٌ — Ba-laa-oon — Trial (= n., Calamity. Catastrophe. Difficulty. Disaster. Hardship. Misfortune. Ordeal. Punishment. Test. Trial)
- مِّنۡ — Min … (r) — From (= Among, from or out of a class. See مِّنۡ above)
- رَّبِّ — Raub-bay — GOD / LORD (= The Almighty Allah who fills needs of all creatures; Cherisher; Creator; Guardian; Lord Provident; Master; The Only One Who provides all that sustains life. The Ultimate Provider of air, water, food and whatever we and all other creatures need to live and subsist)
- کُمۡ — Koom — Your (= pro., pl., m., 2nd person. You all)
- عَظِيۡمٌ –Aa-zee-m — Most Glorious (= adj., Superlative form indicates the greatest, highest, and that none more than Him is Glorious, Magnificent, Great, Greatest, Awesome, Mighty and Tremendous. See Note 001:001. A/t/a, ‘great,’ ‘tremendous’ and ‘momentous’)
** The story of Pharoah’s cruelty on Jews is told repeatedly. See Note 002:050.
