56 Preface فَجَعَلناهُم سَلَفًا وَمَثَلًا لِلآخِرينَYusuf AliAnd We made them (a people) of the Past1 and an Example to later ages.Pharaoh and his hosts were blotted out, and became as a tale of the past. Their story is an instructive warning and example to future generations. The later course of Egyptian religion after the Exodus is referred to in Appendix 5.