And [We destroyed] Qārūn and Pharaoh and Hāmān. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment].
فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْbut they were arrogantfa-is'takbarū
فِيinfī
ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
وَمَاand notwamā
كَانُواْthey couldkānū
سَٰبِقِينَoutstrip Ussābiqīna
Tafsir
I destroyed Qarun when he oppressed the people of Moses, by sinking him together with his property into the ground. I destroyed Pharaoh and his minister, Haman, by drowning them in the sea. Moses had brought them clear miracles indicating his truthfulness, but they behaved arrogantly in the land of Egypt and were too proud to have faith in him. They could not be saved from My punishment by escaping from Me.