Surah Ta-Ha 20:77 — translation and meaning

طه · Verse 77 / 135 · Page 317

وَلَقَدْ أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَى مُوسَى أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَرِيقًا فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَسًا لَّا تَخَافُ دَرَكًا وَلَا تَخْشَى

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
أَوْحَيْنَا
awhayna
We inspired
إِلَى
ila
to
مُوسَى
musa
Musa
أَنْ
an
that
أَسْرِ
asri
Travel by night
بِعِبَادِي
bi'ibadi
with My slaves
فَاضْرِبْ
fa-id'rib
and strike
لَهُمْ
lahum
for them
طَرِيقًا
tariqan
a path
فِي
fi
in
الْبَحْرِ
al-bahri
the sea
يَبَسًا
yabasan
dry
لَّا
la
not
تَخَافُ
takhafu
fearing
دَرَكًا
darakan
to be overtaken
وَلَا
wala
and not
تَخْشَى
takhsha
being afraid

Transliteration

Wa laqad awhainaaa ilaa Moosaaa an asri bi'ibaadee fadrib lahum tareeqan fil bahri yabasal laa takhaafu darakanw wa laa takhshaa

Translation

And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants and strike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear being overtaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

And I revealed to Moses to take My servants by night from Egypt so that nobody notices them, and make for them a dry path in the sea after striking the sea with the staff, safely without fearing Pharaoh and his people catching up with you nor being scared of drowning in the sea.

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

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"And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants…" — Ta-Ha 20:77