Surah Al-Anfal (8:54)

كَدَاۡبِ اٰلِ فِرۡعَوۡنَۙ وَالَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِهِمۡؕ كَذَّبُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَاَهۡلَكۡنٰهُمۡ بِذُنُوۡبِهِمۡ وَاَغۡرَقۡنَاۤ اٰلَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ وَكُلٌّ كَانُوۡا ظٰلِمِيۡنَ‏ ۝

Kada/bi ali firAAawna wallatheenamin qablihim kaththaboo bi-ayati rabbihimfaahlaknahum bithunoobihim waaghraqna alafirAAawna wakullun kanoo thalimeen

Theirs is like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all of them were wrongdoers.

Tadabbur (Reflection)

Theme of the Ayat

This verse speaks to the core theme of **Al-Anfal**.

The Insight

Reflect on the meaning: "Theirs is like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all of them were wrongdoers.".