Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

59 So it was;
and We bequeathed them to the Children of Israel.
60 Then they pursued them at sunrise.
61 When the two hosts sighted each other,
the companions of Moses said,
‘Indeed we have been caught up.’
62 He said, ‘Certainly not!
Indeed my Lord is with me.
He will guide me.’
63 There upon We revealed to Moses:
‘Strike the sea with your staff!’
Whereupon it parted,
and each part was as if it were a great mountain.
64 There, We brought the others near.
65 And We delivered Moses
and all those who were with him.
66 Then We drowned the others.
67 There is indeed a sign in that,
but most of them do not have faith.
68 Indeed your Lord is the All-mighty, the All-merciful.

69 Relate to them the account of Abraham
70 when he said to his father and his people,
‘What is it that you are worshiping?!’
71 They said, ‘We worship idols,
and we will go on clinging to them.’
72 He said, ‘Do they hear you when you call them?
73 Or do they bring you any benefit,
or cause you any harm?’
74 They said,