سُوْرَةُ الْقَصَصِ

Surah Al-Qasas (28) — Ayah 40

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فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ ۖ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿40﴾
So We seized him and his hosts, and We threw them all into the sea (and drowned them). So behold (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) what was the end of the Zâlimûn [wrong-doers, polytheists and those who disbelieved in the Oneness of their Lord (Allâh), or rejected the advice of His Messenger Mûsâ (Moses) عليه السلام].
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُ fa-akhadhnāhu So We seized him
وَجُنُودَهُۥ wajunūdahu and his hosts
فَنَبَذْنَـٰهُمْ fanabadhnāhum and We threw them
فِى in
ٱلْيَمِّ ۖ l-yami the sea
فَٱنظُرْ fa-unẓur So see
كَيْفَ kayfa how
كَانَ kāna was
عَـٰقِبَةُ ʿāqibatu (the) end
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna (of) the wrongdoers

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So We seized Pharaoh and his armies and cast them into the sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

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The Fate of Pharaoh:

At this point, many events in between have been omitted, which are mentioned at numerous other places. Here, only the news of their fate is given—what happened to these oppressors and those who sought greatness in the land. In what helpless state they died, with what regrets in their hearts they passed away, and how, at the time of death, they could not even speak a word to anyone.