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Surah Ash-Shu’ara, Verse 52

سورة الشعراء، الآية ٥٢

26:52 Juz 19 Hizb 37 Page 369 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 26:52

وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ ۝٥٢

Transliteration

wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā an asri biʿibādī innakum muttabaʿūna

Translation

And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

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Verse 52 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:52), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 369 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 52

Al-Mukhtasar

And I revealed to Moses commanding him to march the Israelites out at night, because Pharaoh and his people would pursue them, forcing them back.

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Other translations of verse 52

We inspired Moses, “Leave with My slaves by night; you will surely be pursued.”

And We revealed to Mûsâ (Moses), saying: "Depart by night with My slaves, verily you will be pursued."

And We inspired Moses, saying: Take away My slaves by night, for ye will be pursued.

By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants; for surely ye shall be pursued."

And We revealed to Musa, saying: Go away with My servants travelling by night, surely you will be pursued.

And We revealed to Musa, (saying), "Set forth with My bondmen by night. Surely you will be closely followed."

Verse 52 word by word

  1. وَأَوْحَيْنَآ wa-awḥaynā And We inspired و ح ي
  2. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  3. مُوسَىٰٓ mūsā Musa
  4. أَنْ an [that]
  5. أَسْرِ asri Travel by night س ر ي
  6. بِعِبَادِىٓ biʿibādī with My slaves ع ب د
  7. إِنَّكُم innakum indeed, you
  8. مُّتَّبَعُونَ muttabaʿūna (will be) followed ت ب ع

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  • Taha 20:77

    وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى فَٱضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَٰفُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَىٰ

    And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."

  • Al-A’raf 7:117

    وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ

    And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

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