The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 947
PT. 25 AZ-ZUKHRUF CH. 43 يَنْكُثُونَ they broke their word. 3675 وَنَادَى فِرْعَوْنُ فِي قَوْمِهِ قَالَ يُقَوْمِ And Pharaoh proclaimed. 52 among his people, saying, 'O my people! does not أَلَيْسَ لِي مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهَذِهِ الْأَنْهرُ the تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِى أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ kingdom of Egypt belong to me and these streams flowing under me? Do you not then see? أَمْ اَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ هُذَا الَّذِي هُوَ مَهِينٌ وَلَا Nay, I am better than this. 53 يَكَادُ يُبين fellow who is despicable and can scarcely express himself clearly. 3676 فَلَوْلَا الْقِي عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ And why have not bracelets. 54 of gold been bestowed on him, or "angels accompanied him in serried ranks?' أَوْ جَاءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلَبِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا Thus did he make light of. 55 قَوْمًا فَسِقِينَ his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed they were a wicked people. فَلَمَّا أَسَفُوْنَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاغْرَقُنُهُمْ So, when they angered Us. 56 bWe exacted retribution from 3675. Commentary: "6:9; 11:13; 25:8. 40:46; 43:26. no longer avert Divine punishment by such subterfuges. The consequence was that they were drowned in the sea. The Bible is full of instances of the repeated breach of promise by Pharaoh and his people. Whenever they found Divine punishment | 3676. Commentary: actually overtaking them, they Pharaoh met Moses' invitation to begged Moses to pray to God to remove it and promised that if He removed it they would believe in him. But every time they broke their plighted word till the cup of their iniquities became full and they could 2861 accept his Message by telling his people that being a mighty monarch he was infinitely more deserving of their allegiance than a despicable man like Moses who could not properly express himself.