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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.