Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:22 — translation and meaning

الشعراء · Verse 22 / 227 · Page 368

وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

Word by Word

وَتِلْكَ
watil'ka
And this
نِعْمَةٌ
ni'matun
(is the) favor
تَمُنُّهَا
tamunnuha
with which you reproach
عَلَيَّ
alayya
[on] me
أَنْ
an
that
عَبَّدتَّ
abbadtta
you have enslaved
بَنِي
bani
(the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَائِيلَ
is'raila
(the) Children of Israel

Transliteration

Wa tilka ni'matun tamun nuhaa 'alaiya an 'abbatta Baneee Israaa'eel

Translation

And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Your bringing me up without enslaving me after you enslaved the Israelites is a favour that you are reminding me of?!

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

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