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Surah 28. Al-Qasas, Ayah 8

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فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا ۗ إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـٰمَـٰنَ وَجُنُودَهُمَا كَانُوا۟ خَـٰطِـِٔينَ

Fa i ltaqa t ahu a lu firAAawna liyakoona lahum AAaduwwan wa h azanan inna firAAawna wah a m a na wajunoodahum a k a noo kh at ieen a

And [some of] Pharaoh's household⁹ found [and spared] him: for [We had willed] that he become an enemy unto them and [a source of] grief, seeing that Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were sinners indeed!

- Mohammad Asad

We made Fir'on's family pick him up from the river: it was intended that Musa may become their adversary and a cause of their sorrow; for Fir'on, Haman and their warriors were all sinners.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

And 'it so happened that' Pharaoh's people picked him up, only to become their enemy and source of grief. Surely Pharaoh, Haman, and their soldiers were sinful.

- Mustafa Khattab

And the family of Pharaoh took him up, that he might become for them an enemy and a sorrow. Lo! Pharaoh and Haman and their hosts were ever sinning.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Then the people of Pharaoh picked him up (from the river): (it was intended) that (Moses) should be to them an adversary and a cause of sorrow: for Pharaoh and Haman and (all) their hosts were men of sin. ³³³⁴

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali