44. Duhan · verses 22–26

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوۡمٞ مُّجۡرِمُونَ

FadaAAa rabbahu anna haolai qawmun mujrimoona

(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."

فَأَسۡرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيۡلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Faasri biAAibadee laylan innakum muttabaAAoona

(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.

وَٱتۡرُكِ ٱلۡبَحۡرَ رَهۡوًاۖ إِنَّهُمۡ جُندٞ مُّغۡرَقُونَ

Waotruki albahra rahwan innahum jundun mughraqoona

"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."

كَمۡ تَرَكُواْ مِن جَنَّٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ

Kam tarakoo min jannatin waAAuyoonin

How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,

وَزُرُوعٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ

WazurooAAin wamaqamin kareemin

And corn-fields and noble buildings,