Surah Az-Zukhruf — Ayah 54 (43:54)
فَٱسۡتَخَفَّ قَوۡمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ قَوۡمٗا فَٰسِقِينَ ٥٤
English translation (Saheeh International)
So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allāh].
Brief commentary
So Pharaoh duped his people and they followed him in deviance. Indeed, they were a nation that came away from the obedience of Allah.