Surah 20. Ta-ha, Ayah 77
| وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَا تَخَافُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ |
| Transliteration | : | wa- la- qad awh.aynaa 'ilaa mosaa 'an asri bi- cibaad -e fa- id.rib la- -hum t.areq(an) fe al- bah.r yabas(an) laa takhaaf darak(an) wa- laa takhshaa |
| Pickthall | : | And verily We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night and strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not to be overtaken, neither being afraid (of the sea). |
| Asad | : | AND, INDEED, [a time came60 when] We thus inspired Moses: "Go forth with My servants by night, and strike out for them a dry path through the sea; [and] fear not of being overtaken, and dread not [the sea]."61 |
| Malik | : | We sent Our revelation to Musa, saying: "Set forth with my servants at night and strike a dry path for them through the sea without fear of being overtaken by Fir'on and without any fear while passing through the sea." |
| Yusuf Ali | : | We sent an inspiration to Moses: "Travel by night with my servants and strike a dry path for them through the sea without fear of being overtaken (by Pharaoh) and without (any other) fear." 2599 |
Note - 60I.e., after all the trials which the Israelites had to
undergo in Egypt, and after the plagues with which
Pharaoh and his followers were afflicted (cf. {7
:130}ff.).
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Note - 61Referring to the phrase "strike out (idrib) for them a
dry path through the sea", Tabari explains it as meaning
"choose (ittakidh) for them a dry path". See also
{26:63-66} and the corresponding notes [33] and [35].
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Note - 2599Time passes, and at last Moses is commanded to leave
Egypt with his people by night. They were to cross the
Red Sea into the Sinai Peninsula. They were told to have
no fear of Pharaoh or of the sea or of the unknown desert
country of Sinai into which they were going. They crossed
dry-shod, while Pharaoh who came in pursuit with his
troops was overwhelmed by the sea. He and his men all
perished. There is no emphasis on this episode here. But
the emphasis is laid on the hard task which Moses had
with his own people after he had delivered them from the
Egyptian bondage.
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I.e., after all the trials which the Israelites had to undergo in Egypt, and after the plagues with which Pharaoh and his followers were afflicted (cf. {7 :130}ff.). |
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Time passes, and at last Moses is commanded to leave Egypt with his people by night. They were to cross the Red Sea into the Sinai Peninsula. They were told to have no fear of Pharaoh or of the sea or of the unknown desert country of Sinai into which they were going. They crossed dry-shod, while Pharaoh who came in pursuit with his troops was overwhelmed by the sea. He and his men all perished. There is no emphasis on this episode here. But the emphasis is laid on the hard task which Moses had with his own people after he had delivered them from the Egyptian bondage. |
