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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 50

سورة البقرة، الآية ٥٠

2:50 Juz 1 Hizb 1 Page 8 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:50

وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ۝٥٠

Transliteration

wa-idh faraqnā bikumu l-baḥra fa-anjaynākum wa-aghraqnā āla fir'ʿawna wa-antum tanẓurūna

Translation

And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.

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Verse 50 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:50), a Medinan surah, is in juz 1, on page 8 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 69 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 50

Al-Mukhtasar

Remember Allah’s favour in saving you when He parted the sea and made it a dry path for you to go through, while drowning your enemies, Pharaoh and his followers, before your very eyes, as you looked on.

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Other translations of verse 50

And [remember] when We parted the sea for you and saved you, while We drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.

And (remember) when We separated the sea for you and saved you and drowned Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people while you were looking (at them, when the sea-water covered them).

And when We brought you through the sea and rescued you, and drowned the folk of Pharaoh in your sight.

And remember We divided the sea for you and saved you and drowned Pharaoh's people within your very sight.

And when We parted the sea for you, so We saved you and drowned the followers of Firon and you watched by.

And (remember) as We separated the sea for you. So We delivered you and drowned the house of Firaawn (pharaoh) (while) you were looking (at them).

Verse 50 word by word

  1. وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
  2. فَرَقْنَا faraqnā We parted ف ر ق
  3. بِكُمُ bikumu for you
  4. ٱلْبَحْرَ l-baḥra the sea ب ح ر
  5. فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْ fa-anjaynākum then We saved you ن ج و
  6. وَأَغْرَقْنَآ wa-aghraqnā and We drowned غ ر ق
  7. ءَالَ āla (the) people أ و ل
  8. فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun
  9. وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum while you
  10. تَنظُرُونَ tanẓurūna (were) looking ن ظ ر

Verses related to verse 50

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:63

    فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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

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