Surah 7. Al-A'raf

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Verses [Section]: 1-10[1], 11-25 [2], 26-31 [3], 32-39 [4], 40-47 [5], 48-53 [6], 54-58 [7], 59-64 [8], 65-72 [9], 73-84 [10], 85-93 [11], 94-99 [12], 100-108 [13], 109-126 [14], 127-129 [15], 130-141 [16], 142-147 [17], 148-151 [18], 152-157 [19], 158-162 [20], 163-171 [21], 172-181 [22], 182-188 [23], 189-206 [24]

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Quran Text of Verse 127-129وَ قَالَAnd saidالْمَلَاُthe chiefsمِنْofقَوْمِ(the) peopleفِرْعَوْنَ(of) FiraunاَتَذَرُWill you leaveمُوْسٰیMusaوَ قَوْمَهٗand his peopleلِیُفْسِدُوْاso that they cause corruptionفِیinالْاَرْضِthe earthوَ یَذَرَكَand forsake youوَ اٰلِهَتَكَ ؕand your godsقَالَHe saidسَنُقَتِّلُWe will killاَبْنَآءَهُمْtheir sonsوَ نَسْتَحْیٖand we will let liveنِسَآءَهُمْ ۚtheir womenوَ اِنَّاand indeed weفَوْقَهُمْover themقٰهِرُوْنَ (are) subjugators قَالَSaidمُوْسٰیMusaلِقَوْمِهِto his peopleاسْتَعِیْنُوْاSeek helpبِاللّٰهِfrom Allahوَ اصْبِرُوْا ۚand be patientاِنَّIndeedالْاَرْضَthe earthلِلّٰهِ ۙ۫(belongs) to AllahیُوْرِثُهَاHe causes to inherit itمَنْwhomیَّشَآءُHe willsمِنْofعِبَادِهٖ ؕHis servantsوَ الْعَاقِبَةُAnd the endلِلْمُتَّقِیْنَ (is) for the righteous قَالُوْۤاThey saidاُوْذِیْنَاWe have been harmedمِنْfromقَبْلِbeforeاَنْ[that]تَاْتِیَنَاyou came to usوَ مِنْۢfromبَعْدِand afterمَا[what]جِئْتَنَا ؕyou have come to usقَالَHe saidعَسٰیPerhapsرَبُّكُمْyour Lordاَنْ[that]یُّهْلِكَwill destroyعَدُوَّكُمْyour enemyوَ یَسْتَخْلِفَكُمْand make you successorsفِیinالْاَرْضِthe earthفَیَنْظُرَthen seeكَیْفَhowتَعْمَلُوْنَ۠you will do

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Translation of Verse 127-129

(7:127) The elders of Pharaoh's people said: 'Will you leave alone Moses and his people to spread mischief in the land, and forsake you and your gods?' Pharaoh replied: 'We will kill their male children and spare their female ones. ⁹³ For indeed we hold irresistible sway over them.'

(7:128) Moses said to his people: 'Seek help from Allah and be steadfast. The earth is Allah's, He bestows it on those of His servants He chooses. The end of things belongs to the God-fearing.'

(7:129) The people of Moses replied: 'We were oppressed before your coming to us and after it.' Moses said: 'Your Lord will soon destroy your enemy and make you rulers in the land. Then He will see how you act.'

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Commentary

93. There were two periods of persecution. The first was during the reign of Rameses 11 and took place before Moses' birth, whereas the second period of persecution started after Moses' assumption to the office of prophethood. Common to both periods is the killing of the male issue of Israelites while the female was spared. It was a calculated design to rob the Israelites of their identity and to bring about their forcible assimilation. An inscription discovered during the archaeological excavations of 1896 probably belongs to this period. According to this inscription, Pharaoh Minpetah rounds off the narration of his achievements and victories in these words: 'The Israel have been exterminated, and no seed of them is left.' For further explanation see (al-Mu'min 40: 25)