the elders of pharaohs people said will you leave alone moses and his people to spread mischief in the land and forsake you and your gods? pharaoh replied we will kill their male children and spare their female ones. for indeed we hold irresistible sway over them.
وقال الملأ من قوم فرعون أتذر موسى وقومه ليفسدوا في الأرض ويذرك وآلهتك قال سنقتل أبناءهم ونستحيي نساءهم وإنا فوقهم قاهرون