سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 50
وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ ﴿50﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when We separated the sea for you and saved you and drowned Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people while you were looking (at them, when the sea-water covered them).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
فَرَقْنَا
faraqnā
We parted
بِكُمُ
bikumu
for you
ٱلْبَحْرَ
l-baḥra
the sea
فَأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمْ
fa-anjaynākum
then We saved you
وَأَغْرَقْنَآ
wa-aghraqnā
and We drowned
ءَالَ
āla
(the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you
تَنظُرُونَ
tanẓurūna
(were) looking
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
50. 1. The splitting of the sea and making a path through it was a miracle, the details of which are mentioned in Surah Shu'ara. This was not the ebb and flow of the sea as Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and other deniers of miracles think.
