The Quran: Sūra XXVI.: Shu‘arāa, or The Poets.: Section 4 (53-69)
The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934]
53. Faarsala firAAawnu fee almada-ini hashireena
53. By inspiration We told Moses:
"Travel by night with
My servants; for surely
Ye shall be pursued."
54. Inna haola-i lashirthimatun qaleeloona
54. Then Pharaoh sent heralds
To (all) the Cities,
55. Wa-innahum lana lagha-ithoona
55. (Saying): "These (Israelites)
Are but a small band,
56. Wa-inna lajameeAAun hathiroona
56. "And they are raging
Furiously against us;
57. Faakhrajnahum min jannatin waAAuyoonin
57. "But we are a multitude
Amply fore-warned."
58. Wakunoozin wamaqamin kareemin
58. So We expelled them
From gardens, springs,
59. Kathalika waawrathnaha banee isra-eela
59. Treasures, and every kind
Of honourable position;
60. Thus it was, but
We made the Children
Of Israel inheritors
Of such things.
61. Falamma taraa aljamAAani qala as-habu moosa inna lamudrakoona
61. So they pursued them
At sunrise.
62. Qala kalla inna maAAiya rabbee sayahdeeni
62. And when the two bodies
Saw each other, the people
Of Moses said: "We are
Sure to be overtaken."
63. Faawhayna ila moosa ani idrib biAAasaka albahra fainfalaqa fakana kullu firqin kaalttawdi alAAatheemi
63. (Moses) said: "By no means!
My Lord is with me!
Soon will He guide me!"
64. Waazlafna thamma al-akhareena
64. Then We told Moses
By inspiration: "Strike
The sea with thy rod."
So it divided, and each
Separate part became
Like the huge, firm mass
Of a mountain.
65. Waanjayna moosa waman maAAahu ajmaAAeena
65. And We made the other
Party approach thither.
66. Thumma aghraqna al-akhareena
66. We delivered Moses and all
Who were with him;
67. Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mu/mineena
67. But We drowned the others.
68. Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu
68. Verily in this is a Sign:
But most of them
Do not believe.
69. Waotlu AAalayhim nabaa ibraheema
69. And verily thy Lord
Is He, the Exalted in Might,
Most Merciful.