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Ash-Shu'ara 63

Ayah 63 of 227 · Meccan

فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضۡرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرۡقٖ كَٱلطَّوۡدِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٦٣

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآThen We inspiredfa-awḥaynā
  2. إِلَىٰtoilā
  3. مُوسَىٰٓMusamūsā
  4. أَنِ[that]ani
  5. ٱضۡرِبStrikeiḍ'rib
  6. بِّعَصَاكَwith your staffbiʿaṣāka
  7. ٱلۡبَحۡرَۖthe seal-baḥra
  8. فَٱنفَلَقَSo it partedfa-infalaqa
  9. فَكَانَand becamefakāna
  10. كُلُّeachkullu
  11. فِرۡقٖpartfir'qin
  12. كَٱلطَّوۡدِlike the mountainkal-ṭawdi
  13. ٱلۡعَظِيمِ[the] greatl-ʿaẓīmi

Tafsir

And so I revealed to Moses commanding him to strike the sea with his staff, which he did. The sea parted, turning into twelve paths: the same number as the tribes of the Israelites, and each parted segment was like a great mountain in its grandeur and stability, such that no water flowed from it.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran