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Verse 136of 206

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ﴿١٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

Word-by-word meaning

فَٱنتَقَمْنَاfa-intaqamnāSo We took retribution
مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumand We drowned them
فِىin
ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahumbecause they
كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
عَنْهَاʿanhāto them
غَـٰفِلِينَghāfilīnaheedless

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The People of Fir`awn drown in the Sea; the Children of Israel inherit the Holy LandAllah 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.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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