But the Pharaoh disobeyed the apostle; so We seized him with a grievous punishment.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (but pharaoh rebelled against the messenger) i.e. moses, and did not accept his call, (whereupon we seized him with no gentle grip) therefore we punished him with a severe punishment, i.e. by drowning.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : but pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so we seized him with a severe seizing.
