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Ad-Dukhan 24

Ayah 24 of 59 · Meccan

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٤

And leave the sea in stillness.1 Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 After it has parted, in order that the soldiers of Pharaoh would follow the Children of Israel and be drowned.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱتۡرُكِAnd leavewa-ut'ruki
  2. ٱلۡبَحۡرَthe seal-baḥra
  3. رَهۡوًاۖat restrahwan
  4. إِنَّهُمۡIndeed, theyinnahum
  5. جُندٞ(are) an armyjundun
  6. مُّغۡرَقُونَ(to be) drownedmugh'raqūna

Tafsir

He also commanded him that when they all cross the sea, to leave it standing as it was, because Pharaoh and his people were to be destroyed by drowning in it.

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