Verse 30
The Smoke • makkah
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Commentary:
Mark the pathos of these words! The ill-fated people of Pharaoh enjoyed all sorts of comforts and luxury. They had wealth, power and influence. A Prophet came to them. They rejected his Message and opposed his mission with the result that heavenly punishment came down upon them sudden and swift and they went to their doom unwept, unhonoured and unsung. The ill-fated monarch who, in his conceit and arrogance, called himself God, went to the depths of the sea (20:79), with the memorable words, "I believe that there is no God but He in Whom the Children of Israel believed," on his lips. He who wanted to have a peep at the God of Moses in the heavens (40:38) had a taste of His might in the depths of the sea.
They went to their doom in disgrace and ignominy unwept, unhonoured and unsung. The ill-fated monarch who, in his conceit and arrogance, called himself god, went to the depths of the sea (10:91), with the memorable words, 'I believe that there is no god but He in Whom the Children of Israel believe,' on his lips.