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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the verse: (( Like the manner of the family of Pharaoh and those before them; they denied Our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins, and Allah is severe in retribution )) .

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[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and those before them كدأب آل فرعون والذين من قبلهم
[Ali 'Imran 3:11]
His statement:
Like the manner كدأب
The letter kaf indicates comparison, and the prepositional phrase is the predicate of a subject that was mentioned first, meaning the manner of these people is like the manner of the family of Pharaoh. The word "da'b" (manner) is used for a matter or affair, and it is also used for a habit. So this verse:
like the custom of the people of Pharaoh كدأب آل فرعون
[Ali 'Imran 3:11]
means like their affair. And if I say: So-and-so, this is his da'b, I mean this is his habit.
like the custom of the people of Pharaoh كدأب آل فرعون
[Ali 'Imran 3:11]
Meaning his followers. Pharaoh is a proper name for every ruler of Egypt who is a disbeliever; every ruler of Egypt who is a disbeliever is called Pharaoh, just as every ruler of the Romans is called Caesar, and every ruler of the Persians is called Kisra.
the people of Pharaoh and those before them آل فرعون والذين من قبلهم
[Ali 'Imran 3:11]
So the people of Ibrahim were before them, the people of Lut were before them, the people of Nuh were before them, the people of Hud were before them, and the people of 'Ad were before them. Meaning, there were nations before them. For this reason, He said:
and those before them والذين من قبلهم
[Ali 'Imran 3:11]
What was their manner? He clarified it by saying:
They denied Our signs كذبوا بآياتنا
Meaning they denied everything that points to Us from the cosmic signs and the legislative signs. Most often, they deny the legislative signs, because few people deny the cosmic signs. The cosmic signs are the creations of Allah, and few people deny that the Creator is Allah. But the legislative signs, which are the revelation brought by the messengers, are where the denial occurs. So the family of Pharaoh denied the signs of Allah. What did Pharaoh say to Musa? He said to him, "You are not sane,"
[Pharaoh] said, "Indeed, your 'messenger' who has been sent to you is mad." قال إن رسولكم الذي أرسل إليكم لمجنون
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:27]
and he said: "He is a sorcerer," and he described him with extreme descriptions and threatened him, saying:
[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned." قال لئن اتخذت إلها غيري لأجعلنك من المسجونين
[Ash-Shu'ara 26:29]
He used to slaughter the sons of the Children of Israel and keep their daughters alive. He would say to his people: "I am your supreme lord," and he would say:
(52) Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear? (53) Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?" أم أنا خير من هذا الذي هو مهين ولا يكاد يبين فلو لا ألقي عليه أسورة من ذهب أو جاء معه الملائكة مقترنين
[Az-Zukhruf 43:52-53]
. Allah the Exalted mentioned his story in His Book frequently, for the sake of the Jews who were in the city, and for the sake of the Ansar, who had received a great deal of knowledge from the Jews. He says:
and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins والذين من قبلهم كذبوا بآياتنا فأخذهم الله بذنوبهم
[Ali 'Imran 3:11]
Seized them أخذهم
Meaning: He destroyed them,
For their sins بذنوبهم
Meaning: Because of their sins. The sin is disobedience, and all the sins of these people were disbelief — may Allah protect us from it — for this reason He seized them.
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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