The Stories
28. Al-Qaṣaṣ
القصص
al-Qaṣaṣ (The Story)
ٱلْقَصَص
28:9
وَقَالَتِ
امْرَأَتُ
فِرْعَوْنَ
قُرَّتُ
عَيْنٍ
لِّي
وَلَكَ
لَا
تَقْتُلُوهُ
عَسَى
أَن
يَنفَعَنَا
أَوْ
نَتَّخِذَهُ
وَلَدًا
وَهُمْ
لَا
يَشْعُرُونَ
wa-qālati mraʾatu firʿawna qurratu ʿaynin lī wa-laka lā taqtulūhu ʿasā ʾan yanfaʿanā ʾaw nattakhidhahū waladan wa-hum lā yashʿurūna
The Pharaoh's wife said, "He, (Moses), is the delight of our eyes. Do not kill him. Perhaps he will benefit us or we may adopt him." They were unaware of the future.