The Holy Quran 40:37 — Surah Ghafir

Arabic text

أَسْبَـٰبَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ فَأَطَّلِعَ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَـٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ كَـٰذِبًا ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ زُيِّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَصُدَّ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ ۚ وَمَا كَيْدُ فِرْعَوْنَ إِلَّا فِى تَبَابٍ

Translation

"...the roads to the heavens so that I can have a close look at the Ilaah of Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام. I strongly feel that he is a liar." In this manner the evil of his actions was made appealing (fair) to Fir'oun, and he was prevented from (barred) the path (of the truth). The scheme of Fir'oun led only to destruction.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Pharaoh’s extreme mockery: this was the utmost shamelessness and audacity of that accursed one. Probably, on hearing from Musa ﵇ of such an attribute of Almighty Allah as 'uluww (exaltedness, being above) and the like, he concluded that the Deity Musa worships lives in the sky, and on that basis began this ridicule and mockery.

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