Ad-Dukhan 44:17
The Smoke · Meccan · Juz 25 · Page 496
Pharaoh’s People
۞وَلَقَدۡ فَتَنَّا قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَجَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولࣱ كَرِيمٌ ١٧
And verily We tried before them Pharaoh’s folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
We tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, Pharaoh is given as an example because his rule was the greatest regime of oppression and evil.
Reflect
Reflect that oppression ends in ruin.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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