Fir`awn's Address to His People and how Allah punished Him Allah informs that; وَنَادَى فِرْعَوْنُ فِي قَوْمِهِ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِAnd Fir`awn proclaimed among his people (saying):"O my people!Allah tells us how Fir`awn stubbornly persisted in his rebellion and disbelief. He assembled his people and addressed them in a vainglorious fashion, boasting of his dominion over Egypt. أَلَيْسَ لِي مُلْكُ مِصْرَوَهَذِهِ الاَْنْهَارُ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِيIs not mine the dominion of Egypt, and these rivers flowing underneath me?Qatadah said, "They had gardens and rivers of flowing water." أَفَلَ تُبْصِرُونَSee you not then?means, `do you not see my position of might and power' -- implying that Musa and his followers were poor and weak.This is like the Ayah:فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىفَقَالَ أَنَاْ رَبُّكُمُ الاٌّعْلَىفَأَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ نَكَالَ الاٌّخِرَةِ وَالاٍّوْلَىThen he gathered (his people) and cried aloud, saying:"I am your lord, most high."So Allah seized him with punishment for his last and first transgression. (79:23-25)