Benefits of the Verse: “And when you said, ‘O Moses, we will never believe in you until we see Allah openly. So the thunderbolt seized you while you were looking.’”

Now, Allah the Blessed and Exalted said: Here, Allah the Blessed and Exalted reminds them of His blessing upon them, but not by the fact that they said this statement and then fainted, but rather by the fact that they were resurrected after death.
In this is the point that when reminding of blessings, one should encompass the matter and the subject matter comprehensively so that the blessings become clear and their greatness is apparent.
In this is also evidence of the foolishness of these people, meaning the foolishness of the Children of Israel, and how much there is of evidence of their foolishness. They were believers in Moses, and yet they said: It has been mentioned to us previously that the scholars differed regarding when they said this.
In this is also evidence that whoever asks for what is impossible is deserving of punishment, due to His saying: because the particle "fa" (so) indicates causality.
In this, I say, is evidence that whoever asks for what is impossible is deserving of punishment, especially in the case of these people who said it out of doubt. There is a difference between the saying of Moses: and the saying of these people: Moses said it out of longing for Allah the Mighty and Majestic, to take pleasure in seeing Him, whereas these people said it out of doubt, meaning we are not believers unless we see Him openly. So there is a difference between the two requests.
In this is also evidence of the power of Allah in seizing these people with the thunderbolt at one single moment.
In this is evidence that the pain of punishment is more severe when it occurs while one is looking, due to His saying: For when a person sees that people are falling down in punishment—may Allah protect us from that—it becomes more severe in its impact on him.