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فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًۭا وَبِيلًۭا﴿١٦

Translation (Sahih International)

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

Word-by-word meaning

فَعَصَىٰfaʿaṣāBut disobeyed
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُfa-akhadhnāhuso We seized him
أَخْذًۭاakhdhan(with) a seizure
وَبِيلًۭاwabīlanruinous

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command to be Patient with the Harms of the Disbelievers and a Discussion of what They will receAllah commands His Messenger to be patient with what the foolish who reject him among his people say. Allah also commands him to keep away from them in a nice way. This means in a way that is not blameworthy.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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