Surah Yunus 10:90 — translation and meaning

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ۖ وَجَاوَزْنَا بِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ الْبَحْرَ فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ فِرْعَوْنُ وَجُنُودُهُ بَغْيًا وَعَدْوًا حَتَّى إِذَا أَدْرَكَهُ الْغَرَقُ قَالَ آمَنتُ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ وَأَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

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ۖ
وَجَاوَزْنَا
wajawazna
And We took across
بِبَنِي
bibani
(the) Children
إِسْرَائِيلَ
is'raila
(of) Israel
الْبَحْرَ
al-bahra
the sea
فَأَتْبَعَهُمْ
fa-atba'ahum
and followed them
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'awnu
Firaun
وَجُنُودُهُ
wajunuduhu
and his hosts
بَغْيًا
baghyan
(in) rebellion
وَعَدْوًا
wa'adwan
and enmity
حَتَّى
hatta
until
إِذَا
idha
when
أَدْرَكَهُ
adrakahu
overtook him
الْغَرَقُ
al-gharaqu
the drowning
قَالَ
qala
he said
آمَنتُ
amantu
I believe
أَنَّهُ
annahu
that
لَا
la
(there is) no
إِلَهَ
ilaha
god
إِلَّا
illa
except
الَّذِي
alladhi
the One
آمَنَتْ
amanat
in Whom believe
بِهِ
bihi
in Whom believe
بَنُو
banu
the Children of Israel
إِسْرَائِيلَ
is'raila
the Children of Israel
وَأَنَا
wa-ana
and I am
مِنَ
mina
of
الْمُسْلِمِينَ
al-mus'limina
the Muslims

Transliteration

Wa jaawaznaa bi Baneee Israaa'eelal bahra fa atba'ahum Fir'awnu wa junooduhoo baghyanw wa 'adwan hattaaa izaaa adrakahul gharaqu qaala aamantu annnahoo laaa ilaaha illal lazeee aamanat bihee Banooo Israaa'eela wa ana minal muslimeen

Translation

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of the Muslims."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I made the Israelites safely cross the sea after I split it open. Pharaoh and his troops pursued them out of oppression and enmity. Then, when the sea closed on him, bringing them to the point of drowning and he lost all hope of being saved, he said, ‘I believe that there is no being worthy of worship besides the One Whom the Israelites have accepted, and I am one of those who submit to Allah by following Him’.

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

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