Surah Al-Qaşaş (The Stories) in English

1. ونمكن لهم في الأرض ونري فرعون وهامان وجنودهما منهم ما كانوا يحذرون

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   and to establish them in the land, and to show Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts from them that of which they were apprehensive.

   wa-numakkina lahum fī l-ʾarḍi wa-nuriya firʿawna wa-hāmāna wa-junūdahumā minhum mā kānū yaḥdharūna

2. وأوحينا إلى أم موسى أن أرضعيه فإذا خفت عليه فألقيه في اليم ولا تخافي ولا تحزني إنا رادوه إليك وجاعلوه من المرسلين

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   We revealed to Moses’ mother, [saying], ‘Nurse him; then, when you fear for him, cast him into the river, and do not fear or grieve, for We will restore him to you and make him one of the apostles.’

   wa-ʾawḥaynā ʾilā ʾummi mūsā ʾan ʾarḍiʿīhi fa-ʾidhā khifti ʿalayhi fa-ʾalqīhi fī l-yammi wa-lā takhāfī wa-lā taḥzanī ʾinnā rāddūhu ʾilayki wa-jāʿilūhu mina l-mursalīna

3. فالتقطه آل فرعون ليكون لهم عدوا وحزنا إن فرعون وهامان وجنودهما كانوا خاطئين

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   Then Pharaoh’s kinsmen picked him up that he might be an enemy and a cause of grief to them. Indeed Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were iniquitous.

   fa-ltaqaṭahū ʾālu firʿawna li-yakūna lahum ʿaduwwan wa-ḥazanan ʾinna firʿawna wa-hāmāna wa-junūdahumā kānū khāṭiʾīna

4. وقالت امرأت فرعون قرت عين لي ولك لا تقتلوه عسى أن ينفعنا أو نتخذه ولدا وهم لا يشعرون

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   Pharaoh’s wife said [to him], ‘[This infant will be] a [source of] comfort to me and to you. Do not kill him. Maybe he will benefit us, or we will adopt him as a son.’ But they were not aware.

   wa-qālati mraʾatu firʿawna qurratu ʿaynin lī wa-laka lā taqtulūhu ʿasā ʾan yanfaʿanā ʾaw nattakhidhahū waladan wa-hum lā yashʿurūna

5. وأصبح فؤاد أم موسى فارغا إن كادت لتبدي به لولا أن ربطنا على قلبها لتكون من المؤمنين

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   The heart of Moses’ mother became desolate, and indeed she was about to divulge it had We not fortified her heart so that she might have faith [in Allah’s promise].

   wa-ʾaṣbaḥa fuʾādu ʾummi mūsā fārighan ʾin kādat la-tubdī bihī law-lā ʾan rabaṭnā ʿalā qalbihā li-takūna mina l-muʾminīna

6. وقالت لأخته قصيه فبصرت به عن جنب وهم لا يشعرون

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   She said to his sister, ‘Follow him.’ So she watched him from a distance, while they were not aware.

   wa-qālat li-ʾukhtihī quṣṣīhi fa-baṣurat bihī ʿan junubin wa-hum lā yashʿurūna

7. وحرمنا عليه المراضع من قبل فقالت هل أدلكم على أهل بيت يكفلونه لكم وهم له ناصحون

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   Since before We had forbidden him to be suckled by any nurse. So she said, ‘Shall I show you a household that will take care of him for you and they will be his well-wishers?’

   wa-ḥarramnā ʿalayhi l-marāḍiʿa min qablu fa-qālat hal ʾadullukum ʿalā ʾahli baytin yakfulūnahū lakum wa-hum lahū nāṣiḥūna

8. فرددناه إلى أمه كي تقر عينها ولا تحزن ولتعلم أن وعد الله حق ولكن أكثرهم لا يعلمون

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   That is how We restored him to his mother so that she might be comforted and not grieve, and that she might know that Allah’s promise is true, but most of them do not know.

   fa-radadnāhu ʾilā ʾummihī kay taqarra ʿaynuhā wa-lā taḥzana wa-li-taʿlama ʾanna waʿda llāhi ḥaqqun wa-lākinna ʾaktharahum lā yaʿlamūna