Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:18 — translation and meaning

الشعراء · Verse 18 / 227 · Page 367

قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
نُرَبِّكَ
nurabbika
we bring you up
فِينَا
fina
among us
وَلِيدًا
walidan
(as) a child
وَلَبِثْتَ
walabith'ta
and you remained
فِينَا
fina
among us
مِنْ
min
of
عُمُرِكَ
umurika
your life
سِنِينَ
sinina
years

Transliteration

Qaala alam nurabbika feenaa waleedanw wa labista feenaa min 'umurika sineen

Translation

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Pharaoh said to Moses (peace be upon him): Did we not bring you up as a child among us? Did you not stay with us for many years of your life? So what has now made you claim prophethood?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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