Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:63

26:63

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi

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

— Saheeh International

and We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ It parted- each side like a mighty mountain-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) (saying): "Strike the sea with your stick." And it parted, and each separate part (of that sea water) became like huge mountain.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَأَوْحَيْنَآfa-awḥaynāThen We inspired
إِلَىٰilāto
مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
أَنِani[that]
ٱضْرِبiḍ'ribStrike
بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣākawith your staff
ٱلْبَحْرَۖl-baḥrathe sea
فَٱنفَلَقَfa-infalaqaSo it parted
فَكَانَfakānaand became
كُلُّkullueach
فِرْقٍۢfir'qinpart
كَٱلطَّوْدِkal-ṭawdilike the mountain
ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi[the] great