Quran 2:50 — Al-Baqara, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and when We parted the sea for you, so saving you and drowning Pharaoh’s people right before your eyes.
وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنْتُمْ تَنْظُرُونَ
wa-idh faraqnā bikumu l-baḥra fa-anjaynākum wa-aghraqnā āla fir'ʿawna wa-antum tanẓurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when We divided for you the sea and delivered you, and drowned Pharaoh's folk while you were beholding.
- Muhammad Asad
- and when We cleft the sea before you, and thus saved you and caused Pharaoh's people to drown before your very eyes;
- Sahih International
- And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | فَرَقْنَاfaraqnā | We parted | فرق |
| 3 | بِكُمُbikumu | for you | — |
| 4 | ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥra | the sea | بحر |
| 5 | فَأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمْfa-anjaynākum | then We saved you | نجو |
| 6 | وَأَغْرَقْنَآwa-aghraqnā | and We drowned | غرق |
| 7 | ءَالَāla | (the) people | أول |
| 8 | فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 9 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 10 | تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna | (were) looking | نظر |