Surah ash-Shu`ara' (The Poets ) 26 : 63

فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.

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Explanatory Note

At the last moment, a bright ray of hope is clearly seen against the long dark night of stress and despair, as the route ahead opens at a point no one has ever thought of: “And We revealed to Moses: Strike the sea with your staff.” The sūrah does not give us further details so as to say that he complied with the order and struck the sea with his staff. All this is clearly understood.

The sūrah only gives us the result of his action: “So it divided, and each part was like a massive mountain.” So the miracle was there for all to see. What people describe as impossible became a reality before their own eyes. People only think of natural laws according to what is familiar to them, but natural laws are created by God and He is able to make them operate in accordance with His will, at any moment of His choosing. A miracle was enacted and the Children of Israel looked on. In between the waters of the sea, a passageway of dry land opened for them. The water stood still on both sides of the passage like great mountains, and the Israelites rushed to cross over.

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The subject matter and the style show that this Surah was revealed during the middle Makkan period. According to Ibn Abbas (a great companion of the Prophet), Surah 20: Ta Ha was revealed, followed by Surah 56: al-Waqi’ah (The Occurrence) and then Surah 26: ash-Shu’ara’ (The Poets).

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