and He preserved him from the killing and the destruction by which they were destroyed. "And the people of Pharaoh were encompassed"—meaning: it became incumbent upon them—"by the worst of the torment," that is: its severity.
وَعَصَمَهُ من الْقَتْل والهلاك الَّذِي هَلَكُوا بِهِ ﴿وَحَاقَ بِآلِ فِرْعَوْنَ﴾ وَجب عَلَيْهِم ﴿سوء الْعَذَاب﴾ يَعْنِي: شدته
