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Yunus 90

Ayah 90 of 109 · Meccan

۞ وَجَٰوَزۡنَا بِبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ فَأَتۡبَعَهُمۡ فِرۡعَوۡنُ وَجُنُودُهُۥ بَغۡيٗا وَعَدۡوًاۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَدۡرَكَهُ ٱلۡغَرَقُ قَالَ ءَامَنتُ أَنَّهُۥ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِيٓ ءَامَنَتۡ بِهِۦ بَنُوٓاْ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ ٩٠

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَجَٰوَزۡنَاAnd We took acrosswajāwaznā
  2. بِبَنِيٓ(the) Childrenbibanī
  3. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ(of) Israel is'rāīla
  4. ٱلۡبَحۡرَthe seal-baḥra
  5. فَأَتۡبَعَهُمۡand followed themfa-atbaʿahum
  6. فِرۡعَوۡنُFiraunfir'ʿawnu
  7. وَجُنُودُهُۥand his hostswajunūduhu
  8. بَغۡيٗا(in) rebellionbaghyan
  9. وَعَدۡوًاۖand enmitywaʿadwan
  10. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  11. إِذَآwhenidhā
  12. أَدۡرَكَهُovertook himadrakahu
  13. ٱلۡغَرَقُthe drowningl-gharaqu
  14. قَالَhe saidqāla
  15. ءَامَنتُI believeāmantu
  16. أَنَّهُۥthatannahu
  17. لَآ(there is) nolā
  18. إِلَٰهَgodilāha
  19. إِلَّاexceptillā
  20. ٱلَّذِيٓthe Onealladhī
  21. ءَامَنَتۡin Whom believeāmanat
  22. بِهِۦin Whom believebihi
  23. بَنُوٓاْthe Children of Israelbanū
  24. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَthe Children of Israelis'rāīla
  25. وَأَنَا۠and I amwa-anā
  26. مِنَofmina
  27. ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَthe Muslimsl-mus'limīna

Tafsir

I made the Israelites safely cross the sea after I split it open. Pharaoh and his troops pursued them out of oppression and enmity. Then, when the sea closed on him, bringing them to the point of drowning and he lost all hope of being saved, he said, ‘I believe that there is no being worthy of worship besides the One Whom the Israelites have accepted, and I am one of those who submit to Allah by following Him’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran