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Surah Taha, Verse 78

سورة طه، الآية ٧٨

20:78 Juz 16 Hizb 32 Page 317 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 20:78

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِۦ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ ۝٧٨

Transliteration

fa-atbaʿahum fir'ʿawnu bijunūdihi faghashiyahum mina l-yami mā ghashiyahum

Translation

So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,845

Notes

[845] i.e., not only the water but that which only Allāh knows - terror, pain, regret, etc.

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Verse 78 of Surah Taha (20:78), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 317 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 78

Al-Mukhtasar

Then Pharoah, accompanied by his armies, followed them. Then he and his armies were engulfed by part of the sea, the reality of which only Allah knows. They all drowned and perished, whilst Moses and those with him were saved.

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Other translations of verse 78

Then Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, but they were completely overwhelmed by the sea21.

Notes

[21] i.e., not only drowning in water but other things which are only known to Allah such as terror, pain, regret, etc.

Then Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) pursued them with his hosts, but the sea-water completely overwhelmed them and covered them up.

Then Pharaoh followed them with his hosts and there covered them that which did cover them of the sea.

Then Pharaoh pursued them with his forces, but the waters completely overwhelmed them and covered them up.

And Firon followed them with his armies, so there came upon them of the sea that which came upon them.

Then Firaawn (pharaoh) followed them up with his hosts, yet they were enveloped by the main in that (manner) of enveloping.

Verse 78 word by word

  1. فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ fa-atbaʿahum Then followed them ت ب ع
  2. فِرْعَوْنُ fir'ʿawnu Firaun
  3. بِجُنُودِهِۦ bijunūdihi with his forces ج ن د
  4. فَغَشِيَهُم faghashiyahum but covered them غ ش و
  5. مِّنَ mina from
  6. ٱلْيَمِّ l-yami the sea ي م م
  7. مَا mā what
  8. غَشِيَهُمْ ghashiyahum covered them غ ش و

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