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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis

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Remember when We saved you from Pharaoh’s people, who subjected you to terrible torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing only your women- this was a great trial from your Lord

Abdel Haleem	Arabic	Root / Link	Morphology
And when	وَإِذْ (wa-idh)	ا ذ	Noun Noun
We saved you	نَجَّيْنَٰكُم (najjaynākum)	ن ج و	Verb V
from	مِّنْ (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
(the) people	ءَالِ (āli)	أ و ل	Noun Noun
(of) Firaun	فِرْعَوْنَ (fir'ʿawna)	ف ر ع و ن	Noun Noun
(who were) afflicting you (with)	يَسُومُونَكُمْ (yasūmūnakum)	س و م	Verb V
horrible	سُوٓءَ (sūa)	س و أ	Noun Noun
torment	ٱلْعَذَابِ (l-ʿadhābi)	ع ذ ب	Noun Noun
slaughtering	يُذَبِّحُونَ (yudhabbiḥūna)	ذ ب ح	Verb V
your sons	أَبْنَآءَكُمْ (abnāakum)	ب ن ي	Noun Noun
and letting live	وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ (wayastaḥyūna)	ح ي ي	Verb V
your women	نِسَآءَكُمْ (nisāakum)	ن س و	Noun Noun
And in	وَفِى (wafī)	ف ي	Prep. Prep
that	ذَٰلِكُم (dhālikum)	ذ ل ك	Noun Noun
(was) a trial	بَلَآءٌ (balāon)	ب ل و	Noun Noun
from	مِّن (min)	م ن	Prep. Prep
your Lord	رَّبِّكُمْ (rabbikum)	ر ب ب	Noun Noun
great	عَظِيمٌ (ʿaẓīmun)	ع ظ م	Noun Noun

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Surah: The Cow
Verse: 2:49
Juz: 1-3
Revelation: Medinan
Revelation Order: 87
Translations: 65
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Root Words in This Verse

نجو (نَجَّى)
أول (آل)
سوم (يَسُومُ)
سوأ (سُوء)
عذب (عَذاب)
ذبح (يُذَبِّحُ)
بني (ابْن)
حيي (يَسْتَحْىِۦ)
نسو (نِساء)
بلو (بَلاء)
ربب (رَبّ)
عظم (عَظِيم)

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7:141 64%

وَإِذْ أَنجَيْنَـٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

wa-idh anjaynākum min āli fir'ʿawna yasūmūnakum sūa l-ʿadhābi yuqattilūna abnāakum wayastaḥyūna nisāakum wafī dhālikum balāon min rabbikum ʿaẓīmu

Remember how We saved you from Pharaoh’s people, who were subjecting you to the worst of sufferings, killing your male children, sparing only your females- that was a mighty ordeal from your Lord

14:6 49%

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ أَنجَىٰكُم مِّنْ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَيُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَآءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَآءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِى ذَٰلِكُم بَلَآءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

wa-idh qāla mūsā liqawmihi udh'kurū niʿ'mata l-lahi ʿalaykum idh anjākum min āli fir'ʿawna yasūmūnakum sūa l-ʿadhābi wayudhabbiḥūna abnāakum wayastaḥyūna nisāakum wafī dhālikum balāon min rabbikum ʿaẓīmu

And so Moses said to his people, ‘Remember God’s blessing on you when He saved you from Pharaoh’s people, who were inflicting terrible suffering on you, slaughtering your sons and sparing only your women––that was a severe test from your Lord

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Abdel Haleem Word Analysis