4409 Pharaoh's speech shows how his own egotism and haughty arrogance brought him to this pass, that even the evil which he did seemed alluring in his own eyes! His heart was indeed sealed, and his arrogance prevented him from seeing the right path. (With the Kufi Qira'ah I read sudda in the passive voice). 4410 Pharaoh had plotted to slay Moses (
40:26) and to kill the Children of Israel (
40:25). The plot recoiled on his own head and on the head of his people who joined in the plot; for they were all drowned in the Red Sea .