The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 3) — Page 183
PT. 12 HŪD CH. 11 إلى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا بِهِ فَاتَّبَعُوا أَمْرَ To Pharaoh and his chiefs. 98 but they followed the command فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَا أَمْرُ فِرْعَوْنَ بِرَشِيْدِ of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not at all rightful. 1478 يَقْدُمُ قَوْمَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِمَةِ فَأَوْرَدَهُمُ He will go before his people. 99 النَّارَ وَ بِئْسَ الْوِرُدُ الْمَوْرُودُ on the Day of Resurrection and will bring them down into the Fire, even as cattle are brought to a watering-place. And evil is the watering-place arrived at. 1479 "23:47; 40:25. the Hebrews had, till then, some connection with Arabic, their original tongue. 1478. Commentary: Pharaoh, as already stated, was not the name of any particular monarch (2:50). It was the title of the rulers of Egypt. The ruler of the Nile valley and Alexandria was called Pharaoh. This title was in vogue before the conquest of Egypt by the Romans. As, after the advent of the Romans, the government of the country passed into foreign hands, the title of Pharaoh fell into disuse, for the foreign conquerors adopted their own titles. It also appears that Pharaoh was not the title of the rulers of one dynasty only. Kings of many dynasties which ruled over the valley of the Nile and Alexandria in succession for about four thousand years bore this title. The Pharaoh during whose reign Moses was born was also, like the Israelites, a foreigner in the country, and therefore always feared lest they 1391 should multiply and help the original inhabitants of Egypt in expelling him and his people from the land or should rebel against him (Exod. 1:9-10). 1479. Important Words: (bring them down). The word as well as (watering-place) and (arrived at) are all derived from x. They say i. e. he (a man or a camel, etc. ) came to it, or arrived at it, namely water, whether he entered it or not. means, he came to or arrived at it (water, town, etc. ). means, he brought him to the watering-place or he simply brought him or made him come or be present at a certain place. means, he made him come or he brought him to the water. means, he brought it and (then) took it away. >> (wird) means, coming to or arriving at water, etc. ; water to which one comes to drink; the time or turn of coming to water; a company of men or a number of camels or birds coming to or arriving at water; a portion or share of