فَكَيۡفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرۡتُمۡ يَوۡمٗا يَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنَ شِيبًا
So, if you disbelieve, how will you avoid the day, which will make children white-headed,
Agha Ali Puya Commentary
Commentary on Quran 73:17
[Pooya/Ali Commentary 73:17] Total annihilation was the punishment of Firawn for transgressing the laws of Allah in this world. The punishment awaiting him and men like him on the day of final reckoning will be so terrible that it will even turn the children hoary.