﴿ ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ﴾

“and brusquely turned his back [on Moses];”

The life of Pharaoh and other deniers of the truth like him provides proof of the fact that one who denies realities is ultimately punished for it. These historical examples are enough to teach man a lesson. But an instructive event is such only to one who has a prudent mentality, and who examines an action from the viewpoint of its end-result and not just in relation to its beginning.