وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْءَاخَرِينَ
And We advanced thereto the pursuers.
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
Fir`awn's Pursuit and Expulsion of the Children of Israel, and how He and His People were drowned
More than one of the scholars of Tafsir said that Fir`awn set out with a huge group, a group containing the leaders and entire government of Egypt at that time, i.e., the decision-makers and influential figures, princes, ministers, nobles, leaders and soldiers.
فَأَتْبَعُوهُم مُّشْرِقِينَ
(So, they pursued them at sunrise.) means, they caught up with the Children of Israel at sunrise.
فَلَمَّا تَرَآءَا الْجَمْعَانِ
(And when the two hosts saw each other,) means, each group saw the other. At that point,
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