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Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 4

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28:4

اِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ اَهْلَهَا شِیَعًا یَسْتَضْعِفُ طَٓائِفَةً مِنْهُمْ یُذَبِّـحُ اَبْنَٓاءَهُمْ وَیَسْتَحْيٖ نِسَٓاءَهُمْؕ اِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُفْسِدٖینَ

Inna firAAawna AAala fee alardi wajaAAala ahlaha shiyaAAan yastadAAifu taifatan minhum yuthabbihu abnaahum wayastahyee nisaahum innahu kana mina almufsideena

Translations

Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters

Saheeh International

Lo! Pharaoh exalted himself in the earth and made its people castes. A tribe among them he oppressed, killing their sons and sparing their women. Lo! he was of those who work corruption

Marmaduke Pickthall