اِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ عَلَا فِي الۡاَرۡضِ وَجَعَلَ اَهۡلَهَا شِيَعًا يَّسۡتَضۡعِفُ طَآئِفَةً مِّنۡهُمۡ يُذَبِّحُ اَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيٖ نِسَآءَهُمۡؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ مِنَ الۡمُفۡسِدِيۡنَ

Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters