The Holy Quran 40:25 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَـٰلٍ

Translation

When he came to them with the truth from Us, they (Fir'oun and his ministers) said, "Kill the sons of those who believe in him (Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام) and keep (spare) their women alive (to serve us as slaves)." (However), The schemes (plots) of the Kaafiroon (to harm the Mu'mineen) are ever lost.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The order to kill the sons: this order was now given a second time, after the coming of Musa ﵇, in order to humiliate and insult the Children of Israel, reduce their numbers and fix in their hearts the idea that all this calamity had come upon them on account of Musa ﵇. Thinking this, people would abandon him, and the policy of terror would succeed.

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