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Taha 78

Ayah 78 of 135 · Meccan

فَأَتۡبَعَهُمۡ فِرۡعَوۡنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمۡ ٧٨

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., not only the water but that which only Allāh knows - terror, pain, regret, etc.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَتۡبَعَهُمۡThen followed themfa-atbaʿahum
  2. فِرۡعَوۡنُFiraunfir'ʿawnu
  3. بِجُنُودِهِۦwith his forcesbijunūdihi
  4. فَغَشِيَهُمbut covered themfaghashiyahum
  5. مِّنَfrommina
  6. ٱلۡيَمِّthe seal-yami
  7. مَاwhatmā
  8. غَشِيَهُمۡcovered themghashiyahum

Tafsir

Then Pharoah, accompanied by his armies, followed them. Then he and his armies were engulfed by part of the sea, the reality of which only Allah knows. They all drowned and perished, whilst Moses and those with him were saved.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran