Quran Universe
23:48

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَكَانُواْ مِنَ ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَ

Fakaththaboohuma fakanoo mina almuhlakeena

So they denied them and were of those destroyed.

Word by word
  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُمَاSo they denied them
  2. فَكَانُواْand they became
  3. مِنَof
  4. ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَthose who were destroyed
Al-Mu'minun · 23:48Makkah

They denied both brothers and joined the destroyed.

The end of Pharaoh's court

The end
deniedMusa and Harun
became
destroyeddrowned in one day
Power
the mightiest kingdomseemed untouchable
gone in one dayAllah is All-Capable

Ibn Kathir says Allah destroyed Pharaoh and his chiefs, drowning them all in one day. The greatest power of its age joined the list of those who were destroyed, seized by the All-Mighty, All-Capable.

Some things in your life feel too big to ever fall: a habit, a fear, a grip someone has on you. Allah ended an empire in one day. He can loosen what holds you.

Some powers are just too strong to be changed.

No power is permanent before Allah, not even the grip of my own habits.

Try this

Name one habit you think is too strong to break. Ask Allah for help with it tonight.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (shared passage from 23:45)

Then We sent Musa and his brother Harun, with Our Ayat and manifest authority (45)To Fir'awn and his chiefs, but they behaved insolently and they were people self-exalting (by disobeying their Lord)(46)They said: "Shall we believe in two men like ourselves, and their people are obedient to us with humility! (47)So, they denied them both and became of those who were destroyed (48)And indeed We gave Musa the Scripture, that they may be guided (49)

The Story of Musa, Peace Be upon Him, And Fir'awn

Allah tells us that He sent Musa, peace be upon him, and his brother Harun to Fir'awn and his chiefs with decisive evidence and definitive proof, but Fir'awn and his people were too arrogant to follow them and obey their commands because they were human beings, just as previous nations had denied the Message of the human Messengers. They were of a similar mentality, so Allah destroyed Fir'awn and his chiefs, drowning them all in one day. He revealed the Book to Musa, i.e., the Tawrah, in which were rulings, commands and prohibitions, after He had destroyed Fir'awn and the Egyptians and seized them with a punishment of the All-Mighty, All-Capable to carry out what He wills. After Allah revealed the Tawrah, Allah did not destroy any nation with an overwhelming calamity; instead, He commanded the believers to fight the disbelievers, as He says:

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ مِن بَعْدِ مَا أَهْلَكْنَا الْقُرُونَ الْأُولَىٰ بَصَائِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

(And indeed We gave Musa – after We had destroyed the generations of old – the Scripture as an enlightenment for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that they might remember.)(28:43)