﴿ ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴾

“[It was they] who transgressed all bounds of equity all over their lands,”

(Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands) they rebelled and declared their disbelief in the land of Egypt; it is also said that their transgression led them to this,