Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 63 (26:63)

ٱلشُّعَرَاء

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ …

Quran 26:63 is ayah 63 of Surah Ash-Shu'ara (“The Poets”), a Meccan surah of 227 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 370 of the Madani Mushaf.

26:63
فَأَوْحَيْنَآإِلَىٰمُوسَىٰٓأَنِٱضْرِببِّعَصَاكَٱلْبَحْرَ ۖفَٱنفَلَقَفَكَانَكُلُّفِرْقٍكَٱلطَّوْدِٱلْعَظِيمِ٦٣
fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi

Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.(63)

Word by word

  1. فَأَوْحَيْنَآfa-awḥaynāThen We inspired
  2. إِلَىٰilāto
  3. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
  4. أَنِani[that]
  5. ٱضْرِبiḍ'ribStrike
  6. بِّعَصَاكَbiʿaṣākawith your staff
  7. ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖl-baḥrathe sea
  8. فَٱنفَلَقَfa-infalaqaSo it parted
  9. فَكَانَfakānaand became
  10. كُلُّkullueach
  11. فِرْقٍfir'qinpart
  12. كَٱلطَّوْدِkal-ṭawdilike the mountain
  13. ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi[the] great

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