Pharaoh's arrogance and rejection

فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا

So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.

قَالَ فَمَا بَالُ ٱلْقُرُونِ ٱلْأُولَىٰ

[Pharaoh] said, "Then what is the case of the former generations?"

وَكُنُوزٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

And treasures and honorable station -