Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:44 — translation and meaning

الشعراء · Verse 44 / 227 · Page 369

فَأَلْقَوْا حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ الْغَالِبُونَ

Word by Word

فَأَلْقَوْا
fa-alqaw
So they threw
حِبَالَهُمْ
hibalahum
their ropes
وَعِصِيَّهُمْ
wa'isiyyahum
and their staffs
وَقَالُوا
waqalu
and said
بِعِزَّةِ
bi'izzati
By the might
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'awna
(of) Firaun
إِنَّا
inna
indeed we
لَنَحْنُ
lanahnu
surely we
الْغَالِبُونَ
al-ghalibuna
(are) the victorious

Transliteration

Fa alqaw hibaalahum wa 'isiyyahum wa qaaloo bi'izzati Fir'awna innaa lanahnul ghaaliboon

Translation

So they threw their ropes and their staffs and said, "By the might of Pharaoh, indeed it is we who are predominant."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And so they threw down their ropes and sticks, and upon throwing them, said, “By the grandeur of Pharaoh we are going to succeed, and Moses is the one who shall be defeated!”

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

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