Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 25
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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➋ { وَ مَا كَيْدُ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ اِلَّا فِيْ ضَلٰلٍ:} From this statement of Allah Almighty, it is clear that he could not fulfill his intention and failed in his plan. The consecutive punishments of famine, shortage of produce, storms, locusts, lice, frogs, and blood did not allow him to catch his breath so that he could do this again, until he and his people were drowned in the sea. See also Surah Al-A'raf (130 to 136).
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25. 1. That is, the purpose he wanted to achieve by this—that the strength of the Children of Israel would not increase and his own honor would not decrease—he did not achieve it. Rather, Allah drowned Pharaoh and his people, and made the Children of Israel the inheritors of the blessed land.
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Pharaoh’s Action to Exterminate the Children of Israel:
Pharaoh prescribed this punishment for those who believed in Sayyiduna Musa ؑ so that, by terrorizing the people, he could prevent them from supporting Sayyiduna Musa ؑ. What he wanted was to exterminate the entire nation of the Children of Israel by this method. But despite his threats and punishments, the number of those who believed in Sayyiduna Musa ؑ continued to increase.
