Surah 26. Ash-Shuara

Ayah 18 - 19

Ibn Kathir

Maududi

18 قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

19 وَفَعَلْتَ فَعْلَتَكَ ٱلَّتِى فَعَلْتَ وَأَنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

[18-19] Pharaoh said."Did we not bring you up as a child in our house?¹⁴ You lived quite a few years of your life among us, and then you did what you did,¹⁵ you are indeed an ungrateful man."

14This remark of Pharaoh shows that he was not the same Pharaoh who had brought up Moses in his house, but his son. Had he been the same Pharaoh, he would have said, "I brought you up." But, on the contrary. he says, "You were brought up among ourselves." For a detailed discussion, see E.N.'s 85-93 of Al A'raf.

15The allusion is to the incident of murder committed by Moses accidentally.

Surah 26. Ash-Shuara

Ayah 18 - 19

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