26. Shuara · verses 51–60

إِنَّا نَطۡمَعُ أَن يَغۡفِرَ لَنَا رَبُّنَا خَطَٰيَٰنَآ أَن كُنَّآ أَوَّلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ

Inna natmaAAu an yaghfira lana rabbuna khatayana an kunna awwala almumineena

"Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults, that we may become foremost among the believers!"

۞ وَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنۡ أَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِيٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Waawhayna ila moosa an asri biAAibadee innakum muttabaAAoona

By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my servants; for surely ye shall be pursued."

فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ

Faarsala firAAawnu fee almadaini hashireena

Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,

إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ

Inna haolai lashirthimatun qaleeloona

(Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,

وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ

Wainnahum lana laghaithoona

"And they are raging furiously against us;

وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ

Wainna lajameeAAun hathiroona

"But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."

فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ

Faakhrajnahum min jannatin waAAuyoonin

So We expelled them from gardens, springs,

وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ

Wakunoozin wamaqamin kareemin

Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;

كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ

Kathalika waawrathnaha banee israeela

Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things.

فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ

FaatbaAAoohum mushriqeena

So they pursued them at sunrise.