26. Shuara · verses 54–61

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.

فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ

Falamma taraa aljamAAani qala ashabu moosa inna lamudrakoona

And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be overtaken."