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Al-Baqarah 50

Ayah 50 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ فَرَقۡنَا بِكُمُ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰكُمۡ وَأَغۡرَقۡنَآ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَأَنتُمۡ تَنظُرُونَ ٥٠

And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. فَرَقۡنَاWe partedfaraqnā
  3. بِكُمُfor youbikumu
  4. ٱلۡبَحۡرَthe seal-baḥra
  5. فَأَنجَيۡنَٰكُمۡthen We saved youfa-anjaynākum
  6. وَأَغۡرَقۡنَآand We drownedwa-aghraqnā
  7. ءَالَ(the) peopleāla
  8. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  9. وَأَنتُمۡwhile youwa-antum
  10. تَنظُرُونَ(were) lookingtanẓurūna

Tafsir

Remember Allah’s favour in saving you when He parted the sea and made it a dry path for you to go through, while drowning your enemies, Pharaoh and his followers, before your very eyes, as you looked on.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran