Surah 26 · verse 63
Ash-Shu'ara 26:63
Sign in to listenفَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ
fa-awhayna ila Musa ani idrib bi-'asak al-bahr fa-infalaq fa-kana kull firq ka-alkawd al-'azim
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
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Context in the surah
فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ
So they pursued them at sunrise.
Verse 61فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَى الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ
And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"
Verse 62قَالَ كَلَّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ
[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."
فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الْآخَرِينَ
And We advanced thereto the pursuers.
Verse 65وَأَنجَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ وَمَن مَّعَهُ أَجْمَعِينَ
And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.
Verse 66ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا الْآخَرِينَ
Then We drowned the others.