The Holy Quran 28:4 — Surah Al-Qasas

Arabic text

إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةً مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

Translation

Verily Fir'oun glorified himself on earth and divided the people (of Egypt) into groups (to serve him). He weakened (suppressed) a party of them (the Bani Israa'eel), slaughtered their sons (so that none of them may rise against him as he had dreamt), while keeping their daughters alive (to serve him). He was certainly from the transgressors.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Pharaoh's oppression of the Children of Israel: that is, in Egypt there lived both the Copts, who were Pharaoh's people, and the Sibtis (descendants of the tribes of Israel), who were called the Children of Israel. But Pharaoh, out of injustice and arrogance, would not let the Children of Israel thrive and rise.

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