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وَنُمَكِّنَ And [We] establish لَهُمْ them فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the land وَنُرِىَ and show فِرْعَوْنَ Firaun وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ and Haman وَجُنُودَهُمَا and their hosts مِنْهُم through them مَّا what كَانُوا۟ they were يَحْذَرُونَ fearing ٦

And establish them in the land and show Pharaoh and [his minister] Hāmān and their soldiers through them that which they had feared.

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وَأَوْحَيْنَآ And We inspired إِلَىٰٓ [to] أُمِّ (the) mother مُوسَىٰٓ (of) Musa أَنْ that أَرْضِعِيهِ ۖ Suckle him فَإِذَا but when خِفْتِ you fear عَلَيْهِ for him فَأَلْقِيهِ then cast him فِى in(to) ٱلْيَمِّ the river وَلَا and (do) not تَخَافِى fear وَلَا and (do) not تَحْزَنِىٓ ۖ grieve إِنَّا Indeed, We رَآدُّوهُ (will) restore him إِلَيْكِ to you وَجَاعِلُوهُ and (will) make him مِنَ of ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ the Messengers ٧

And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."

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فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ Then picked him up ءَالُ (the) family فِرْعَوْنَ (of) Firaun لِيَكُونَ so that he might become لَهُمْ to them عَدُوًّۭا an enemy وَحَزَنًا ۗ and a grief إِنَّ Indeed فِرْعَوْنَ Firaun وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ and Haman وَجُنُودَهُمَا and their hosts كَانُوا۟ were خَـٰطِـِٔينَ sinners ٨

And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Hāmān and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

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وَقَالَتِ And said ٱمْرَأَتُ (the) wife فِرْعَوْنَ (of) Firaun قُرَّتُ A comfort عَيْنٍۢ (of the) eye لِّى for me وَلَكَ ۖ and for you لَا (Do) not تَقْتُلُوهُ kill him عَسَىٰٓ perhaps أَن (that) يَنفَعَنَآ he may benefit us أَوْ or نَتَّخِذَهُۥ we may take him وَلَدًۭا (as) a son وَهُمْ And they لَا (did) not يَشْعُرُونَ perceive ٩

And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye [i.e., pleasure] for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.

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وَأَصْبَحَ And became فُؤَادُ (the) heart أُمِّ (of the) mother مُوسَىٰ (of) Musa فَـٰرِغًا ۖ empty إِن That كَادَتْ she was near لَتُبْدِى (to) disclosing بِهِۦ about him لَوْلَآ if not أَن that رَّبَطْنَا We strengthened عَلَىٰ [over] قَلْبِهَا her heart لِتَكُونَ so that she would be مِنَ of ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ the believers ١٠

And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [of all else]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.

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وَقَالَتْ And she said لِأُخْتِهِۦ to his sister قُصِّيهِ ۖ Follow him فَبَصُرَتْ So she watched بِهِۦ him عَن from جُنُبٍۢ a distance وَهُمْ while they لَا (did) not يَشْعُرُونَ perceive ١١

And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

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۞ وَحَرَّمْنَا And We had forbidden عَلَيْهِ for him ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ the wet nurses مِن before قَبْلُ before فَقَالَتْ so she said هَلْ Shall I أَدُلُّكُمْ direct you عَلَىٰٓ to أَهْلِ (the) people بَيْتٍۢ (of) a house يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ who will rear him لَكُمْ for you وَهُمْ while they لَهُۥ to him نَـٰصِحُونَ (will be) sincere ١٢

And We had prevented from him [all] wet nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household that will be responsible for him for you while they are to him [for his upbringing] sincere?"

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فَرَدَدْنَـٰهُ So We restored him إِلَىٰٓ to أُمِّهِۦ his mother كَىْ that تَقَرَّ might be comforted عَيْنُهَا her eye وَلَا and not تَحْزَنَ she may grieve وَلِتَعْلَمَ and that she would know أَنَّ that وَعْدَ the Promise of Allah ٱللَّهِ the Promise of Allah حَقٌّۭ (is) true وَلَـٰكِنَّ But أَكْثَرَهُمْ most of them لَا (do) not يَعْلَمُونَ know ١٣

So We restored him to his mother that she might be content and not grieve and that she would know that the promise of Allāh is true. But most of them [i.e., the people] do not know.

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