Surah Taha, Ayah 78 (20:78)

طه

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ

Quran 20:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 317 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:78
فَأَتْبَعَهُمْفِرْعَوْنُبِجُنُودِهِۦفَغَشِيَهُممِّنَٱلْيَمِّمَاغَشِيَهُمْ٧٨
fa-atbaʿahum fir'ʿawnu bijunūdihi faghashiyahum mina l-yami mā ghashiyahum

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,(78)

Word by word

  1. فَأَتْبَعَهُمْfa-atbaʿahumThen followed them
  2. فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
  3. بِجُنُودِهِۦbijunūdihiwith his forces
  4. فَغَشِيَهُمfaghashiyahumbut covered them
  5. مِّنَminafrom
  6. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea
  7. مَاmāwhat
  8. غَشِيَهُمْghashiyahumcovered them

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