The Qur» an illustrates this
sudden, instinctive faith in Allah by describing in detail Pharaoh's feeling when he was faced with
death by drowning and realized the impossibility of escape, «And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, Pharaoh with his hosts pursued them in rebellion and transgression, till, when the (fate of) drowning overtook him, he exclaimed: I believe that there is no God save Him in
whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those who surrender (unto Him).