And when what was done to them in the sea was destruction for the men and preservation for the women, he applied what they did to the Children of Israel afterwards to them. He said, "And when" meaning remember when "We parted" from the parting, which is the separation of the one for the wisdom of manifesting the contrast, as said by al-Harali. Thus, there became for you paths according to the number of your tribes "because of you" meaning due to you after Our bringing you out from the captivity of the Egyptians. "The sea" al-Harali said: it is the vast, spacious expanse of what is apparent like water, and of what is hidden like the knowledge from which the ink comes, sharing in the letters of derivation in meaning.

"So We saved you" from salvation, which is the swift elevation from destruction to the safety of success. That is the end. And among the wonders of that is that just as the salvation from it was by it. Al-Harali said: And the sea was parted by them as if they were the cause of its separation. So their salvation is as if it is the cause, and the striking of Musa, blessings and peace be upon him, with the staff is the sign and indication by which the sea was split due to them. And He made the salvation from the affliction of Pharaoh a gradual salvation, and He made the salvation from the sea a swift salvation in a quick moment. That is the end.

"And We drowned the people of Pharaoh" in it and by it "while you were looking on," its swiftness towards them in its closing upon them. This is similar to what Alaa ibn al-Hadhrami, may Allah be pleased with him, plunged into the salty sea in the region of the two seas or it receded for him according to the difference of the narrations. And similar to what Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with him, cut through the Tigris in the events of the Persians, swimming with the horses with all his troops, which were more than thirty thousand, from whom not one was lost. And the horse, when it grew tired, would leap and stand on the surface of the water as if it were on a rock, and when it rested, it would swim.

Al-Harali said: "And We drowned" from drowning, which is the reaching of something to its limit according to it. If it is in destruction, it is a limit, and its meaning appeared in water and the sea due to the depth of its bottom. And it is in water like the sinking in the earth, and the looking is the gazing at the image without realization or sight. That is the end. So He reminded them, glorified is He, of the blessing of salvation from it first, then of its drowning, which is greater than that second, by what was in front of them the cause of their safety. And He continued to remind them of the blessings that followed them while they were deserving of punishment. Al-Harali said: And He made them reflect upon their looking at them, and in it is an indication of their loss of sight due to the weakness of their insight, as He did not say: "while you see." And for this reason, they returned afterwards to similar doubts and refusal towards their prophets after that. That is the end.