فَأَرۡسَلَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ فِي ٱلۡمَدَآئِنِ حَٰشِرِينَ
Pharaoh sent messengers into the cities, proclaiming,
إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرۡذِمَةٞ قَلِيلُونَ
‘These people are a puny band––
وَإِنَّهُمۡ لَنَا لَغَآئِظُونَ
they have enraged us-
وَإِنَّا لَجَمِيعٌ حَٰذِرُونَ
and we are a large army, on the alert.’
فَأَخۡرَجۡنَٰهُم مِّن جَنَّـٰتٖ وَعُيُونٖ
So it was that We made them leave their gardens and their springs,
وَكُنُوزٖ وَمَقَامٖ كَرِيمٖ
their treasures and their noble dwellings-
كَذَٰلِكَۖ وَأَوۡرَثۡنَٰهَا بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
We gave [such] things [later]to the Children of Israel.
فَأَتۡبَعُوهُم مُّشۡرِقِينَ
Pharaoh and his people pursued them at sunrise,
فَلَمَّا تَرَـٰٓءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ
and as soon as the two sides came within sight of one another, Moses’ followers said, ‘We shall definitely be caught.’