وَقَالَ الۡمَلَاُ مِنۡ قَوۡمِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ اَتَذَرُ مُوۡسٰى وَقَوۡمَهٗ لِيُفۡسِدُوۡا فِى الۡاَرۡضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَاٰلِهَتَكَؕ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ اَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ وَنَسۡتَحۡىٖ نِسَآءَهُمۡۚ وَاِنَّا فَوۡقَهُمۡ قَاهِرُوۡنَ
And the chiefs of the people of Pharaoh said (to Pharaoh): ‘Will you leave Musa (Moses) and his (revolutionary) people to launch strife in the country? And (then) will they spare you and your gods?’ He said: ‘(No,) we shall now kill their sons (to exhaust their male numerical strength) and let their women live (so that they may be wronged). And surely we hold sway over them.’