Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:51 — translation and meaning

الزخرف · Verse 51 / 89 · Page 493

ۖ وَنَادَى فِرْعَوْنُ فِي قَوْمِهِ قَالَ يَاقَوْمِ أَلَيْسَ لِي مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَذِهِ الْأَنْهَارُ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِي أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَنَادَى
wanada
And called out
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'awnu
Firaun
فِي
fi
among
قَوْمِهِ
qawmihi
his people
قَالَ
qala
he said
يَاقَوْمِ
yaqawmi
O my people
أَلَيْسَ
alaysa
Is not
لِي
li
for me
مُلْكُ
mul'ku
(the) kingdom
مِصْرَ
mis'ra
(of) Egypt
وَهَذِهِ
wahadhihi
and these
الْأَنْهَارُ
al-anharu
[the] rivers
تَجْرِي
tajri
flowing
مِن
min
underneath me
تَحْتِي
tahti
underneath me
أَفَلَا
afala
Then do not
تُبْصِرُونَ
tub'siruna
you see

Transliteration

Wa naadaa Fir'awnu fee qawmihee qaala yaa qawmi alaisa lee mulku Misra wa haazihil anhaaru tajree min tahtee afalaa tubsiroon

Translation

And Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Pharaoh called out among his people, bragging about his kingdom, “O my people! Do I not own the country of Egypt, and these rivers that flow beneath my palaces? Do you not see my kingdom and recognise my greatness?”

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

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