And he and his hosts waxed arrogant in the land without any right,1 believing that they will never have to return to Us!2
Footnotes
[1]
Makkah.
[2]
That is, Allah, Lord of the worlds, alone is entitled to the right to greatness, but Pharaoh and his hosts assumed greatness when they attained a little power in a small territory on the earth.
[3]
That is, “They thought they were answerable to none and with this assumption they started behaving absolutely independently in their day to day life.”
[4]
All except for Nafieʻ, Hafs, Al-Kesa’i and Abu Jaʻfar read it as: “Most surely, the link between youbecame severed . . .”