The Holy Quran 44:24 — Surah Ad-Dukhan

Arabic text

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

Translation

(Moosa left with the Bani Israa'eel one night. When Fir'oun received news of this, he mustered a large army and set out in pursuit of the Bani Israa'eel. Allaah instructed Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام to strike the ocean with his staff, causing the waters to hold back and form several dry paths for them to cross over to the opposite shore. When the Bani Israa'eel went across, Fir'oun followed with his troops. Allaah addressed Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام saying,) "Leave the sea (divided) as it is, (so that Fir'oun and his army may enter it) for they are an army who will be drowned (when it closes in on them)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, do not worry that the path made in the sea by the power of Allah may not remain: leave it as it is. It is precisely on seeing this path that Pharaoh's army will dare to enter it. And so they all, seeing the dry path, went in, after which, by Allah's command, the waters of the sea closed in from every side, and thus the whole army was drowned.

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