سورة الشعراء، الآية ٥٣
فَأَرْسَلَ فِرْعَوْنُ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ ٥٣
fa-arsala fir'ʿawnu fī l-madāini ḥāshirīna
Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers1050
[1050] Recruiters of an army to prevent the emigration of the Children of Israel.
Verse 53 of Surah Ash-Shu’ara (26:53), 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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So when Pharaoh came to know of the Israelites escaping, he sent some of his army into the cities, rallying the rest of the armies.
So Pharaoh sent heralds to the cities10,
[10] In order to prevent the emigration of the Children of Israel.
Then Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) sent callers to (all) the cities.
Then Pharaoh sent into the cities summoners,
Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,
So Firon sent heralds into the cities;
Then Firaawn sent among the cities musterers.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
قَالُوٓا۟ أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَٱبْعَثْ فِى ٱلْمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers
