فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنَّ هَٰؤُلَاءِ قَوْمٌ مُجْرِمُونَ ٢٢
(But they were aggressive:) then he cried to his Lord: "These are indeed a people given to sin."
44:23
فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِي لَيْلًا إِنَّكُمْ مُتَّبَعُونَ ٢٣
(The reply came:) "March forth with My Servants by night: for ye are sure to be pursued.
44:24
وَاتْرُكِ الْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُنْدٌ مُغْرَقُونَ ٢٤
"And leave the sea as a furrow (divided): for they are a host (destined) to be drowned."
44:25
كَمْ تَرَكُوا مِنْ جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ ٢٥
How many were the gardens and springs they left behind,
44:26
وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ ٢٦
And corn-fields and noble buildings,