فَأَرسَلَ فِرعَونُ فِي المَدائِنِ حاشِرينَ

Pharaoh then dispatched messengers throughout the cities:

إِنَّ هـٰؤُلاءِ لَشِرذِمَةٌ قَليلونَ

“These people are just a small gang.

وَإِنَّهُم لَنا لَغائِظونَ

Yet, they provoked our wrath.

وَإِنّا لَجَميعٌ حاذِرونَ

But we are a united and vigilant multitude.”

فَأَخرَجناهُم مِن جَنّاتٍ وَعُيونٍ

Thus, We drove them out of gardens and springs.

كَذٰلِكَ وَأَورَثناها بَني إِسرائيلَ

Thus it was, and We passed it to the Children of Israel.

فَأَتبَعوهُم مُشرِقينَ

And they pursued them towards the east.

فَلَمّا تَراءَى الجَمعانِ قالَ أَصحابُ موسىٰ إِنّا لَمُدرَكونَ

When the two groups sighted each other, Moses’ companions said, “We are certainly being overtaken!”

قالَ كَلّا ۖ إِنَّ مَعِيَ رَبّي سَيَهدينِ

He replied, “Never! My Lord is with me, He will guide me.”

فَأَوحَينا إِلىٰ موسىٰ أَنِ اضرِب بِعَصاكَ البَحرَ ۖ فَانفَلَقَ فَكانَ كُلُّ فِرقٍ كَالطَّودِ العَظيمِ

We then revealed to Moses, “Strike the sea with your staff.” And it parted, and each side was like a towering mountain.