Quran 20:77 — Taa-Haa, verse 77
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We revealed to Moses, ‘Go out at night with My servants and strike a dry path for them across the sea. Have no fear of being overtaken and do not be dismayed.’
وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَا تَخَافُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ
walaqad awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī fa-iḍ'rib lahum ṭarīqan fī l-baḥri yabasan lā takhāfu darakan walā takhshā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Also We revealed unto Moses, 'Go with My servants by night; strike for them a dry path in the sea, fearing not overtaking, neither afraid.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, INDEED, [a time came when] We thus inspired Moses: "Go forth with My servants by night, and strike out for them a dry path through the sea; [and] fear not of being overtaken, and dread not [the sea]."
- Sahih International
- And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | أَوْحَيْنَآawḥaynā | We inspired | وحي |
| 3 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 4 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | Musa | — |
| 5 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 6 | أَسْرِasri | Travel by night | سري |
| 7 | بِعِبَادِىbiʿibādī | with My slaves | عبد |
| 8 | فَٱضْرِبْfa-iḍ'rib | and strike | ضرب |
| 9 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 10 | طَرِيقًۭاṭarīqan | a path | طرق |
| 11 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 12 | ٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥri | the sea | بحر |
| 13 | يَبَسًۭاyabasan | dry | يبس |
| 14 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 15 | تَخَـٰفُtakhāfu | fearing | خوف |
| 16 | دَرَكًۭاdarakan | to be overtaken | درك |
| 17 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 18 | تَخْشَىٰtakhshā | being afraid | خشي |