Transliteration:( Falyawma nunajjeeka bibadanika litakoona liman khalfaka Aayah; wa inna kaseeran minan naasi 'an aayaatinaa laghaafiloon )
"Today We will save you in your body, so that you may be a sign [245] for those who come after you. Indeed, many people are heedless of Our signs [246]."
These words were spoken by Hazrat Jibraeel (Alaihis Salaam) after Pharaoh’s destruction. This indicates that corpses can hear, and one can speak to them. Our Prophet (PBUH) spoke to the corpses of Abu Jahl, Utbah, and Shaibah after they were slain in the Battle of Badr. Additionally, Hazrat Saleh and Hazrat Shuab (Alaihis Salaam) also spoke to the corpses of their people who had been destroyed by Divine punishment. The phrase "you might be a sign" means that Pharaoh’s preserved body serves as a lesson for the Israelites and future generations. It is said that Pharaoh’s body is preserved in a museum, where it remains a reminder for people.
The term "heedless" refers to people who, despite hearing and reading about the destruction of past nations due to Divine punishment, fail to take a lesson from these events. This teaches us that learning from the incidents of the past is an act of worship. Reading, listening, and reflecting on the consequences faced by previous nations serves as a means of gaining wisdom and increasing one’s faith.
The tafsir of Surah Yunus verse 92 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Yunus ayat 90 which provides the complete commentary from verse 90 through 92.
(10:92) We shall now save your corpse that you may serve as a sign of warning for all posterity,[92] although many men are heedless of Our signs.[93]
92. Even today the place, where the dead body of Pharaoh was found floating, is pointed out by the inhabitants of that region. It lies on the western coast of the Sinai Peninsula and is now known by the name of Jabl-i-Firaun (Pharaoh’s Mount). There is also near to it a hot spring called Hammam-i-Firaun (Pharaoh’s Bath), which is situated at a distance of a few miles from Abu Zenimah, where, they say, Pharaoh’s dead body was found lying.
If the Pharaoh who was drowned was Mineptah, who ruled over Egypt when Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) was sent to him, his embalmed dead body is still lying in the Cairo Museum. When Sir Grafton E. Smith removed the bandages from his mummy, a layer of salt was found on the body, which was a clear proof that he was drowned in the sea.
93. That is, We show signs to the people over and over again so that these should serve as warnings and be the means of teaching them lessons, but it is a pity that they do not learn lessons even from such signs as the dead body of Pharaoh.
[539]- i.e., his dead body will be preserved and not destroyed.
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