[25] فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ {25} Therefore...

[25] فَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الْآخِرَةِ وَالْأُولَىٰ {25} Therefore, Allah Seized him with the exemplary Punishment of the Hereafter and the former life [79:25] فِي كِتَابِ سَعْدِ السُّعُودِ لِابْنِ طَاوُسٍ (ره) نَقْلًا عَنْ تَفْسِيرِ الْكَلْبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‏ أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَدْعُو بِكَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ‏ «آمَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا الَّذِي آمَنَتْ بِهِ بَنُوا إِسْرائِيلَ وَ أَنَا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ» وَ أَنَا أَدُسُّهُ فِي الْمَاءِ وَ الطِّينِ لِشِدَّةِ غَضَبِي عَلَيْهِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ‏ يَتُوبَ فَيَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِ؟ In the book Sa’dy Al Saoud of Ibn Tawoos, copying from Tafseer Al Kalby – Muhammad, from Al Kalby, from Abu Salih, from Ibn Abbas (having said), ‘Jibraeel -as said to Rasool-Allah -saww : ‘O Muhammad -saww !

If only you -saww had seen me -as , and Pharaoh -la was supplicating with the sincere phrase, ‘ ‘I believe that there is no god except the One in Whom the Children of Israel believe in, and I am from the submitters’ [10:90] , and I -as was immersing him -la in the water and the mud, due to the intensity of my -as anger upon him -la , fearing that he -la might repent, so Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic would Turn to Him -azwj (with Mercy)?’ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ: مَا كَانَ شِدَّةُ غَضَبِكَ عَلَيْهِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ؟ Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘What was (the reason) of your -as intense anger upon him -la , O Jibraeel -as ?’ قَالَ: لِقَوْلِهِ‏ أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلى‏ وَ هِيَ كَلِمَتُهُ الْأُخْرَى مِنْهُمَا قَالَهَا حِينَ انْتَهَى إِلَى الْبَحْرِ وَ كَلِمَتُهُ الْأُولَى‏ «ما عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلهٍ غَيْرِي» فَكَانَ بَيْنَ الْأُولَى وَ الْآخِرَةِ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً He -as said: ‘Due to his -la words: ‘I am your lord, the most exalted!’ [79:24] , and it is the latter one from the two.