26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 63
فَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصَاكَ الْبَحْرَۜ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظ۪يمِۚ
Faawhayna ila moosaani idrib biAAasaka albahra fanfalaqafakana kullu firqin kattawdi alAAatheem
So We revealed to Musa, ‘Strike the sea with your staff. ’ And it split in two, each part like a towering cliff.
- Progressive Muslims
So We inspired to Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff. " So it split into two, each side like a great mountain.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Then We revealed to Moses, "Strike the sea with your staff. (Seek for them a dry path with confidence. Cross over the dried up Sea of Reeds (20:77), (44:24)). The morning found the two parties apart like two hills with a basin in between.
- Sam Gerrans
Then We instructed Moses: “Strike thou the sea with thy staff”; and it parted, and each part was like a great towering mountain.
- The Monotheist Group
So We inspired to Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff." So it split into two, each side like a great mountain.
- Edip-Layth
So We inspired to Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff." So it split into two, each side like a great mountain.
- Aisha Bewley
So We revealed to Musa, ‘Strike the sea with your staff. ’ And it split in two, each part like a towering cliff.
- Rashad Khalifa
We then inspired Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff," whereupon it parted. Each part was like a great hill.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
We commanded Moses: "Smite the sea with your staff. " And it parted, and every parting was like a lofty mountain.
- Sahih International
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
- Muhammad Asad
Thereupon We inspired Moses thus: Strike the sea with thy staff!"- whereupon it parted, and each part appeared like a mountain vast.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Then We inspired Moses, saying: Smite the sea with thy staff. And it parted, and each part was as a mountain vast.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
We inspired Mussa to strike the sea with his staff and there did the sea split into two enormous divisions, each partition as immense as a huge mountain.
- Bijan Moeinian
At that time I said to Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff, " whereupon it parted. Each part was like a great wall.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Then We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses) (saying): "Strike the sea with your stick." And it parted, and each separate part (of that sea water) became like huge mountain.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a mountain.
- Mustafa Khattab
So We inspired Moses: "Strike the sea with your staff," and the sea was split, each part was like a huge mountain.
- Taqi Usmani
So We revealed to Mūsā saying, "Strike the sea with your staff." So it was severed apart, and each part became like a big mountain.
- Abdul Haleem
and We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ It parted- each side like a mighty mountain-
- Arthur John Arberry
Then We revealed to Moses, 'Strike with thy staff the sea'; and it clave, and each part was as a mighty mount.
- E. Henry Palmer
And we inspired Moses, 'Strike with thy rod the sea;' and it was cleft asunder, and each part was like a mighty mountain.
- Hamid S. Aziz
Said he, "Not so; verily, my Lord is with me. He will guide me."
- Mahmoud Ghali
Then We revealed to Mûsa, (saying), "Strike with your staff the sea. " So it split, and each (separate) part was as a tremendous towering mountain.
- George Sale
And We commanded Moses by revelation, saying, smite the sea with thy rod. And when he had smitten it, it became divided into twelve parts, between which were as many paths, and every part was like a vast mountain.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then We told Musa (Moses) by revelation: "Strike the sea with your rod. " And so, it (the sea) divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm part of a mountain.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Then We revealed to Moses (saying), `Strike the sea with your staff. (And as he did) so it parted, and each part (of the two hosts) looked like a huge mound.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Thereupon We revealed to Moses: ‘Strike the sea with your staff!’ Whereupon it parted, and each part was as if it were a great mountain.