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Sūra 26: Shu‘arāa, or The Poets

Section 4 (53-69)


53. Faarsala firAAawnu fee almada-ini hashireena

53. By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants; for surely ye shall be pursued."


54. Inna haola-i lashirthimatun qaleeloona

54. Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,


55. Wa-innahum lana lagha-ithoona

55. (Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,


56. Wa-inna lajameeAAun hathiroona

56. "And they are raging furiously against us;


57. Faakhrajnahum min jannatin waAAuyoonin

57. "But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."


58. Wakunoozin wamaqamin kareemin

58. So We expelled them from gardens, springs,


59. Kathalika waawrathnaha banee isra-eela

59. Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;


60. FaatbaAAoohum mushriqeena

60. Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things.


61. Falamma taraa aljamAAani qala as-habu moosa inna lamudrakoona

61. So they pursued them at sunrise.


62. Qala kalla inna maAAiya rabbee sayahdeeni

62. And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be overtaken."


63. Faawhayna ila moosa ani idrib biAAasaka albahra fainfalaqa fakana kullu firqin kaalttawdi alAAatheemi

63. (Moses) said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He guide me!"


64. Waazlafna thamma al-akhareena

64. Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.


65. Waanjayna moosa waman maAAahu ajmaAAeena

65. And We made the other party approach thither.


66. Thumma aghraqna al-akhareena

66. We delivered Moses and all who were with him;


67. Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mu/mineena

67. But We drowned the others.


68. Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu

68. Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.


69. Waotlu AAalayhim nabaa ibraheema

69. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.


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