Wa daraba Allahu mathalan li'lladhina amanu imraata fir'awna idh qalat rabbi ibni li 'indaka baytan fi al-jannati wa najjini min fir'awna wa 'amalihi wa najjini mina al-qawmi az-zalimina
And Allah sets out a similitude for those who have faith: the wife of Pharaoh when she said: My Lord, build for me in Your sight a house in Paradise and rescue me from Pharaoh and his works and rescue me from wrongdoing folk
The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir:
This is a parable that Allah made of the believers, in that, if they needed to, their association with the disbelievers will not harm them... Qatadah said, "Fir'awn was the most tyrannical among the people of the earth and the most disbelieving. By Allah! His wife was not affected by her husband's disbelief, because she obeyed her Lord. Therefore, let it be known that Allah is the Just Judge Who will not punish anyone except for their own sins." Ibn Jarir recorded that Sulayman said, "The wife of Fir'awn was tortured under the sun and when Fir'awn would finish the torture session, the angels would shade her with their wings. She was shown her house in Paradise." Ibn Jarir said that Al-Qasim bin Abi Bazzah said, "Fir'awn's wife used to ask, 'Who prevailed' When she was told, 'Musa and Harun prevailed', she said, 'I believe in the Lord of Musa and Harun.' Fir'awn sent his aides to her and said to them, 'Find the biggest stone. If she insists on keeping her faith, throw the stone on her, otherwise she is my wife'. When they came to her, she looked up to the sky and was able to see her house in Paradise. She persisted on the faith and her soul was then captured. The stone was thrown on her lifeless body"
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