The Holy Quran 43:54 — Surah Az-Zukhruf

Arabic text

فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَـٰسِقِينَ

Translation

So (by convincing them to follow him instead of Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام) Fir'oun made fools of his people (misled them) and they followed him. They were a sinful (disobedient) nation indeed.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The foolishness of Pharaoh's people: that is, with his words designed to deceive simpletons he made fools of his people, and all those fools began to obey him. The truth is that disobedience to Allah was already ingrained in the nature of these people; as the saying goes, a drowsy man needed only a push — and here was the pretext.

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