The Holy Quran 28:38 — Surah Al-Qasas

Arabic text

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرِى فَأَوْقِدْ لِى يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ فَٱجْعَل لِّى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

Translation

(Fearing that Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام may convince his people,) Fir'oun said, “O ministers! Besides myself, I know of no other Ilaah for your people. O Haamaan! Kindle for me a fire on sand (bake bricks for me), then construct a (high) tower for me so that I may get a peek (peep) at Moosa's Rabb (to see whether he exists or not). I strongly feel that he (Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام) is from the liars (he is lying about being a Nabi of his Rabb)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Pharaoh's mockery: that is, he said to his vizier Haman: “Well then, set up a kiln for firing bricks, so that I may build a very tall structure of baked bricks, get close to the sky and peer at the one Musa calls Allah, to see where He is and what He is like. For on earth I see no deity besides myself.

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