Just like the family of Pharaoh as well as those before them, they rejected Our verses, so Lord Allah seized them on account of their offenses, and Allah is severe in torment.
verses 8: 52 and 54 are also having the same message. Those who follow the footsteps of Pharaoh till the Last day are included in the family of Pharaoh. Like that the family of Messenger Muhammad includes the believers up to the Last Day who follow and testifies the Best Book Adhikr. Lord Allah punished Pharaoh only when he became a transgressed hypocrite after realizing the Truth. For the hypocrites, the fifth phase will be the ‘Barsakh’ which will be a pit from Hell. The Hell will be exposed to them in its real appearance every morning and evening. On the Day of Judgment, they will be thrown to Hell without trial as told in verse 40: 46. When Pharaoh was drowned in the sea he told: “Indeed, I believed that there is no deity except the One with whom the Children of Israel have believed with, and I have submitted wholly to Him”. The hypocrites who are knowingly hiding the Truth and their followers will witness against their soul at the time of their death that they indeed, were disbelievers as explained in verse 2: 10. See explanation 4: 145 and 10: 92.