﴿ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ أَلَا يَتَّقُونَ ﴾

“the people of Pharaoh, who refuse to be con­scious of Me!””

Pharaoh’s folk to them as well as him — they wronged their souls by disbelieving in God and wronged the Children of Israel by enslaving them — Will they not a-lā the hamza indicates a negation meant as a rebuke show fear?’ of God by being obedient to Him and affirm His Oneness?