فَدَعا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هـٰؤُلاءِ قَومٌ مُجرِمونَ

Then, he implored his Lord, “These are criminal people.”

فَأَسرِ بِعِبادي لَيلًا إِنَّكُم مُتَّبَعونَ

“Depart with My servants by night—you will be pursued.

وَاترُكِ البَحرَ رَهوًا ۖ إِنَّهُم جُندٌ مُغرَقونَ

And leave the sea in stillness; they are soldiers to be drowned.”

كَم تَرَكوا مِن جَنّاتٍ وَعُيونٍ

How many gardens and springs did they leave behind?

وَزُروعٍ وَمَقامٍ كَريمٍ

And fields and noble sites.

كَذٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَورَثناها قَومًا آخَرينَ

Thus, and We made it an inheritance for another people.

فَما بَكَت عَلَيهِمُ السَّماءُ وَالأَرضُ وَما كانوا مُنظَرينَ

Neither heaven nor earth wept for them, nor were they reprieved.

وَلَقَد نَجَّينا بَني إِسرائيلَ مِنَ العَذابِ المُهينِ

We rescued the Children of Israel from the degrading torment.

مِن فِرعَونَ ۚ إِنَّهُ كانَ عالِيًا مِنَ المُسرِفينَ

From Pharaoh. He was a tyrant, an oppressor.

وَلَقَدِ اختَرناهُم عَلىٰ عِلمٍ عَلَى العالَمينَ

And We knowingly chose them over the worlds.