Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 50 (2:50)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

Quran 2:50 is ayah 50 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 8 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:50
وَإِذْفَرَقْنَابِكُمُٱلْبَحْرَفَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْوَأَغْرَقْنَآءَالَفِرْعَوْنَوَأَنتُمْتَنظُرُونَ٥٠
wa-idh faraqnā bikumu l-baḥra fa-anjaynākum wa-aghraqnā āla fir'ʿawna wa-antum tanẓurūna

And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowned the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on.(50)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. فَرَقْنَاfaraqnāWe parted
  3. بِكُمُbikumufor you
  4. ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
  5. فَأَنجَيْنَٰكُمْfa-anjaynākumthen We saved you
  6. وَأَغْرَقْنَآwa-aghraqnāand We drowned
  7. ءَالَāla(the) people
  8. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
  9. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  10. تَنظُرُونَtanẓurūna(were) looking

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