"Thus," meaning: this is how the news was. Then the speech concludes, after which He said: "And We made the Children of Israel inherit them." They returned to Egypt after Allah destroyed Pharaoh and his people, according to the Tafsir of al-Hasan.
﴿كَذَلِك﴾ أَيْ: هَكَذَا كَانَ الْخَبَرُ. ثُمَّ انْقَطَعَ الْكَلَامُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ﴿وَأَوْرَثْنَاهَا بني إِسْرَائِيل﴾ رَجَعُوا إِلَى مِصْرَ بَعْدَ مَا أَهْلَكَ اللَّهُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَقَوْمَهُ؛ فِي تَفْسِير الْحسن
