سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ

Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 45

The Forgiver · Meccan · Juz 24 · Page 472

فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ ۖ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ﴿45﴾
So Allâh saved him from the evils that they plotted (against him), while an evil torment encompassed Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people.
فَوَقَىٰهُ fawaqāhu So Allah protected him
ٱللَّهُ l-lahu So Allah protected him
سَيِّـَٔاتِ sayyiāti (from the) evils
مَا that
مَكَرُوا۟ ۖ makarū they plotted
وَحَاقَ waḥāqa and enveloped
بِـَٔالِ biāli (the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun
سُوٓءُ sūu (the) worst
ٱلْعَذَابِ l-ʿadhābi punishment

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45. 1 That is, the Qibt (Copts), his people, had devised all sorts of schemes and conspiracies against this believer because of his declaration of the truth, but all of them were thwarted, and he was granted salvation along with Musa (Moses) ؑ. And in the Hereafter, his abode will be Paradise.

45. 2 That is, in this world they were drowned in the sea, and in the Hereafter, there is the most severe punishment of Hell for them.