فَلَمَّا تَرَاءَا الْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَى إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

Popular Translations

Muhammad Asad

and as soon as the two hosts came in sight of one another, the followers of Moses exclaimed: “Behold, we shall certainly be overtaken [and defeated]!”

Arthur John Arberry

and, when the two hosts sighted each other, the companions of Moses said, 'We are overtaken!

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses said: "We are sure to be overtaken."

Arabic

فَلَمَّا تَرَ ٰۤءَا ٱلۡجَمۡعَانِ قَالَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ مُوسَىٰۤ إِنَّا لَمُدۡرَكُونَ ۝٦١

Transliteration (2021)

falammā tarāā l-jamʿāni qāla aṣḥābu mūsā innā lamud'rakūn