26. Shuara · verses 52–53

۞ 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,