Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Ayah 61-80 — Word by Word
الشعراء
The Poets
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūna
And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"
qāla kallā inna maʿiya rabbī sayahdīni
[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."
fa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā ani iḍ'rib biʿaṣāka l-baḥra fa-infalaqa fakāna kullu fir'qin kal-ṭawdi l-ʿaẓīmi
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.
wa-azlafnā thamma l-ākharīna
And We advanced thereto the others [i.e., the pursuers].
wa-anjaynā mūsā waman maʿahu ajmaʿīna
And We saved Moses and those with him, all together.
thumma aghraqnā l-ākharīna
Then We drowned the others.
inna fī dhālika laāyatan wamā kāna aktharuhum mu'minīna
Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu
And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.
wa-ut'lu ʿalayhim naba-a ib'rāhīma
And recite to them the news of Abraham,
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mā taʿbudūna
When he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?"
qālū naʿbudu aṣnāman fanaẓallu lahā ʿākifīna
They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted."
qāla hal yasmaʿūnakum idh tadʿūna
He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate?
aw yanfaʿūnakum aw yaḍurrūna
Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?"
qālū bal wajadnā ābāanā kadhālika yafʿalūna
They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus."
qāla afara-aytum mā kuntum taʿbudūna
He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,
antum waābāukumu l-aqdamūna
You and your ancient forefathers?
fa-innahum ʿaduwwun lī illā rabba l-ʿālamīna
Indeed, they are enemies to me, except the Lord of the worlds,
alladhī khalaqanī fahuwa yahdīni
Who created me, and He [it is who] guides me.
wa-alladhī huwa yuṭ'ʿimunī wayasqīni
And it is He who feeds me and gives me drink.
wa-idhā mariḍ'tu fahuwa yashfīni
And when I am ill, it is He who cures me