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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ash-Shu'ara 26:63

Word by word

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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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

فأوحينا إلى موسى أن اضرب بعصاك البحر، فضرب، فانفلق البحر إلى اثني عشر طريقًا بعدد قبائل بني إسرائيل، فكانت كل قطعة انفصلت من البحر كالجبل العظيم.

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