Az-Zukhruf - An Enlightening Commentary into the Light of the Holy Qur'an

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55. Therefore, when they angered Us, We chastised them and drowned all of them.

56. And We made them an [evil] precedent and an example to later generations.

At times, people see their recompense in this world besides the one on the Day of Resurrection:

(“[We] drowned all of them”).

In the sphere of rebellion and exceeding bounds, those who issue and obey orders meet their dire end together:

(“all of them”).

Divine Wrath and Vengeance is for the sake of man’s deeds. History bears witness to the fact that destruction of tyrannical rules is an inevitable Divine Law:

(“And We made them an [evil] precedent and an example to later generations.”

In these Verses, God Almighty informs his Prophet (S) that when Pharaoh went to extremes in his rebellion and disobedience and angered God Almighty and Divinely appointed prophets, vengeance was taken of him and his followers and they were all drowned.

Verse 56 says that God Almighty set them a precedent and an example for disbelievers of later generations so that they learn that God is Wrathful and takes vengeance of disbelievers and is the Most Gracious Lord at the time of Mercy.