Surah Ta-Ha 20:78 — translation and meaning

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فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ بِجُنُودِهِ فَغَشِيَهُم مِّنَ الْيَمِّ مَا غَشِيَهُمْ

Word by Word

فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ
fa-atba'ahum
Then followed them
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'awnu
Firaun
بِجُنُودِهِ
bijunudihi
with his forces
فَغَشِيَهُم
faghashiyahum
but covered them
مِّنَ
mina
from
الْيَمِّ
al-yami
the sea
مَا
ma
what
غَشِيَهُمْ
ghashiyahum
covered them

Transliteration

Fa atba'ahum Fir'awnu bijunoodihee faghashiyahum minal yammmi maa ghashi yahum

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

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.

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

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