The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 963
PT. 25 AD-DUKHĀN CH. 44 وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوْا لِي فَاعْتَزِلُوْنِ 22. And if you believe me not, then leave me alone. ' فَدَعَا رَبَّةَ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْم Then he prayed unto his. 23 مجْرِمُونَ Lord, saying, 'These are indeed a sinful people. ' E فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُّتَّبَعُونَ My 'Take said, 24. God وَاتُرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُنُدُ مُّخْرَقُونَ servants away by night; "for you will surely be pursued. عند sea 25. And leave thou the behind when it is motionless crossing over the dunes. Surely, they are a host that are doomed to be drowned. '3711 26. How many were the gardens and the springs that they left behind! 27. And the cornfields and the noble places! كَمْ تَرَكُوْا مِنْ جَنَّتٍ وَعُيُونٍ وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامِ كَرِيْمِ "10:91; 20:79; 26:61. b26:59. 3711. Important Words: (motionless) is derived from lov. They say abovi. e. he parted his legs and made an opening between them. means, the sea became still and calm. means, the bird spread its wings. means, an intervening space between two things; a depressed place where water collects or stagnates; an elevated place; a way through a market-place, at the sides of which sit the sellers; a well wide in the mouth; quick or swift; still, quiet or motionless; accompany of men following one 2877 another (Lane & Aqrab). Commentary: When Moses and the Israelites arrived at the northern extremity of the Red Sea, the ebb of the tide had begun. As the water receded, it left dunes, the tops of which were gradually uncovered, leaving the intervening depressions full of water. The Israelites crossed over at that moment. For a detailed description as to how Moses passed through the sea while Pharaoh and his mighty hosts were drowned, see 20:78 and 26:64.