Surah Ad-Dukhan 44:24 — translation and meaning

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ۖ وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

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ۖ
وَاتْرُكِ
wa-ut'ruki
And leave
الْبَحْرَ
al-bahra
the sea
رَهْوًا
rahwan
at rest
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed they
جُندٌ
jundun
(are) an army
مُّغْرَقُونَ
mugh'raquna
(to be) drowned

Transliteration

Watrukil bahra rahwan innahum jundum mughraqoon

Translation

And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

He also commanded him that when they all cross the sea, to leave it standing as it was, because Pharaoh and his people were to be destroyed by drowning in it.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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