Surah Ash-Shu'araa (26) — Ayah 63
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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63-2. فرق قطعہ بحر, a part of the sea; طور پہاڑ, mountain. That is, each part of the water stood like a great mountain. This was the occurrence of a miracle from Allah Almighty so that Musa (AS) and his people could be saved from Pharaoh. Without this divine support, salvation from Pharaoh was not possible.
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The Formation of Twelve Paths in the Sea by Striking with the Staff:
Apparently, it seems that when Prophet Musa ؑ, according to divine revelation, struck his staff upon the sea, it split into two parts and a sufficiently wide path was formed in between. And the path also immediately became dry. There was no marshy ground beneath. The water on one side stood still, remaining as firm as a mountain, and so did the water on the other side. However, from some narrations quoted by the commentators, it is understood that not just one dry path, but twelve paths were formed, and the words of ﴿كُلُّ فِرْقٍ﴾ also support these narrations, because the word "kul" is not used for two. According to the narrations, twelve paths were formed in the sea, and there were exactly twelve tribes of Bani Israel, and each tribe had approximately twelve thousand individuals who had migrated, so the number of these migrants becomes one hundred and forty-four thousand, and according to some narrations, this number was one hundred and twenty thousand. Whereas the number of Pharaoh's army was much greater than this.
