فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْ
فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَـٰفِلِينَ
وَأَوْرَثْنَا ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلَّذِينَ
كَانُوا۟ يُسْتَضْعَفُونَ مَشَـٰرِقَ
ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَغَـٰرِبَهَا ٱلَّتِى
بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ
رَبِّكَ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُوا۟ ۖ وَدَمَّرْنَا
مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِرْعَوْنُ
وَقَوْمُهُۥ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْرِشُونَ
So We took retribution
from them. We drowned
them in the sea,
because they belied
Our Ayat and were
heedless with them.
And We made the people
who were considered
weak to inherit the
eastern parts of the
land and the western
parts thereof which We
have blessed. And the
fair Word of your Lord
was fulfilled for the
Children of Israel,
because of their endurance.
And We destroyed
what Fir`awn and his
people produced,
and what they erected.
The People of Fir`awn drown in the Sea; the Children of Israel inherit the Holy Land
Allah states that when the people of Fir`awn rebelled and transgressed, even though He inflicted them with consecutive signs, one after another, He took retribution from them by drowning them in the sea that Musa parted by Allah’s power, and he and the Children of Israel passed through. In their pursuit, Fir`awn and his soldiers went in the sea chasing Musa and his people. When they all had gone inside the water, the sea closed in on them and they all drowned, because they belied the Ayat of Allah and were heedless of them. Allah said that He has granted the people who were considered weak, the Children of Israel, to inherit the eastern and western parts of the land. Al-Hasan Al-Basri and Qatadah commented that Allah’s statement,
مَشَـرِقَ الاٌّرْضِ
وَمَغَـرِبَهَا الَّتِى بَارَكْنَا فِيهَا
…the eastern parts of the land and the western parts thereof which We have blessed.
refers to the Sham area (Greater Syria). Also, Mujahid and Ibn Jarir said that Allah’s statement,
وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ
الْحُسْنَى عَلَى بَنِى
إِسْرءِيلَ بِمَا صَبَرُواْ
And the fair Word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel, because of their endurance.
is explained by Allah’s other statement,
وَنُرِيدُ أَن نَّمُنَّ عَلَى
الَّذِينَ اسْتُضْعِفُواْ فِى
الاٌّرْضِ وَنَجْعَلَهُمْ أَئِمَّةً
وَنَجْعَلَهُمُ الْوَارِثِينَ
وَنُمَكِّنَ لَهُمْ فِى الاٌّرْضِ
وَنُرِىَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَهَـمَـنَ
وَجُنُودَهُمَا مِنْهُمْ
مَّا كَانُواْ يَحْذَرونَ
And We wished to do a favor to those who were weak (and oppressed) in the land, and to make them rulers and to make them the inheritors. And to establish them in the land, and We let Fir`awn and Haman and their hosts receive from them that which they feared (Al-Qasas 5-6). Further, Allah’s statement,
وَدَمَّرْنَا مَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ
فِرْعَوْنُ وَقَوْمُهُ
And We destroyed what Fir`awn and his people produced
meaning, We destroyed what Fir`awn and his people produced, such as agriculture and buildings.
وَمَا كَانُواْ يَعْرِشُونَ
and what they erected.
Ibn `Abbas and Mujahid said that
يَعْرِشُونَ
they erected
means, they built.