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Surah al-A`raf (The Elevated Places) 7 : 141

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

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
And [recall, O Children of Israel], when We saved you from the people of Pharaoh, [who were] afflicting you with the worst torment - killing your sons and keeping your women alive. And in that was a great trial from your Lord.

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(7:141:1)
wa-idh
And when
(7:141:2)
anjaynākum
We saved you
(7:141:3)
(7:141:4)
āli
(the) people
(7:141:5)
(7:141:6)
yasūmūnakum
who were afflicting you
(7:141:7)
sūa
(with) worst
(7:141:8)
l-ʿadhābi
(of) torment
(7:141:9)
yuqattilūna
they were killing
(7:141:10)
abnāakum
your sons
(7:141:11)
wayastaḥyūna
and letting live
(7:141:12)
nisāakum
your women
(7:141:13)
(7:141:14)
(7:141:15)
balāon
(was) a trial
(7:141:16)
(7:141:17)
rabbikum
your Lord
(7:141:18)
ʿaẓīmun
great

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Explanatory Note

As typical of the Qur’ān, the sūrah follows the argument made by Moses with an address by God Himself: “We have indeed saved you from Pharaoh’s people, who oppressed you cruelly: they slew your sons and spared your women. Surely that was an awesome trial from your Lord.” (Verse 141) Such a direct link between the two speeches is a gesture of sublime honour to those prophets and advocates of the divine message. This favour given to the Children of Israel was still present in their minds at that time. It should have been enough to remind them of their duty to be grateful to God for His blessings. God draws their attention to the lessons that they should have learnt from their suffering and trials, followed by their salvation. It was a trial of affliction followed by a trial of peace and security: “Surely that was an awesome trial from your Lord.” (Verse 141) None of this happened aimlessly. It was all a lesson which should equip them for a great test. If the test fails to set their minds and hearts on the right course and they incur, as a result of that failure, God’s punishment, then they know that the punishment is well deserved.

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A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of Surah 6: al-An’am (The Grazing Livestock), i.e. the last year of the Prophet's life at Makkah, but it cannot be asserted with certainty which of these two were sent down earlier. The manner of its admonition clearly indicates that it belongs to the same period. [Ref: Mawdudi]

It is considered the longest surah revealed during the Makkan period. Some consider this surah to have been revealed after Surah 38: Sad. [Ref: Tafsir al-Maudheei, Dr. Mustafah Muslim, vol. 3, p. 2]

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