Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:46 — translation and meaning
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إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَئِهِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا عَالِينَ
Word by Word
إِلَى
ila
To
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'awna
Firaun
وَمَلَئِهِ
wamala-ihi
and his chiefs
فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا
fa-is'takbaru
but they behaved arrogantly
وَكَانُوا
wakanu
and they were
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
عَالِينَ
alina
haughty
Transliteration
Ilaa Fir'awna wa mala'ihee fastakbaroo wa kaanoo qawman 'aaleem
Translation
To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I sent them both to Pharaoh and the noblemen of his people, but they displayed arrogance and did not submit to believing in them. They were a people who imposed themselves upon people by subduing and oppressing them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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