Yet are they enraged against us—

But we truly are numerous, wary.”

Thus we caused them to quit gardens and fountains,

And treasures and splendid dwellings;

So was it; and we gave them to the children of Israel for an heritage.⁹

Then at sunrise the Egyptians followed them:

And when the hosts came in view of one another, the comrades of Moses said, “We are surely overtaken.”

He said, “By no means:—for my Lord is with me—He will guide me.”

And we revealed this order to Moses, “Strike the sea with thy rod.” And it clave asunder, and each part became like a huge mountain.

Then made we the others to draw on;

And we saved Moses, and those who were with him, all;

But we drowned the others.

Truly in this was a sign; but most of them did not believe.

But verily thy Lord,—He is the Mighty, the Merciful!

And recite to them the story of Abraham

When he said to his Father and to his people, “What worship ye?”

They said, “We worship idols, and constant is our devotion to them.”

He said, “Can they hear you when ye cry to them?

Or help you or do you harm?”

They said, “But we found our Fathers do the like.”

He said, “How think ye? They whom ye worship,

Ye and your fathers of early days,

Are my foes: but not so¹⁰ the Lord of the Worlds,

Who hath created me, and guideth me,

Who giveth me food and drink;

And when I am sick, he healeth me,

And who will cause me to die and again quicken me,

And who, I hope, will forgive me my sins in the day of reckoning.

My Lord! bestow on me wisdom and join me to the just,