Quran 26:63 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ It parted- each side like a mighty mountain-
فَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَ ۖ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ
fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then We revealed to Moses, 'Strike with thy staff the sea'; and it clave, and each part was as a mighty mount.
- Muhammad Asad
- Thereupon We inspired Moses thus: Strike the sea with thy staff!”- whereupon it parted, and each part appeared like a mountain vast.
- Sahih International
- Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَوْحَيْنَآfa-awḥaynā | Then We inspired | وحي |
| 2 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | أَنِani | [that] | — |
| 5 | ٱضْرِبiḍ'rib | Strike | ضرب |
| 6 | بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣāka | with your staff | عصو |
| 7 | ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖl-baḥra | the sea | بحر |
| 8 | فَٱنفَلَقَfa-infalaqa | So it parted | فلق |
| 9 | فَكَانَfakāna | and became | كون |
| 10 | كُلُّkullu | each | كلل |
| 11 | فِرْقٍۢfir'qin | part | فرق |
| 12 | كَٱلطَّوْدِkal-ṭawdi | like the mountain | طود |
| 13 | ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi | [the] great | عظم |