Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 54
إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَشِرْذِمَةٌۭ قَلِيلُونَ
[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band,
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((Who said): Lo! These) the followers of Moses (indeed are but a little troop) a small group,
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
‘Lo! these are but a small gang. It is said that they the Children of Israel numbered 670000 while his Pharaoh’s vanguard alone numbered 700000 and so he deemed their number insignificant in comparison to his huge army.