أَسۡبَٰبَ
ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ
فَأَطَّلِعَ
إِلَىٰٓ
إِلَٰهِ
مُوسَىٰ
وَإِنِّي
لَأَظُنُّهُۥ
كَٰذِبٗاۚ
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
زُيِّنَ
لِفِرۡعَوۡنَ
سُوٓءُ
عَمَلِهِۦ
وَصُدَّ
عَنِ
ٱلسَّبِيلِۚ
وَمَا
كَيۡدُ
فِرۡعَوۡنَ
إِلَّا
فِي
تَبَابٖ
٣٧
The ways into the heavens - so that I may look at the deity of Moses; but indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus was made attractive to Pharaoh the evil of his deed, and he was averted from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not except in ruin.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
How Fir`awn mocked the Lord of Musa
Allah tells us of the arrogant and hostile defiance of Fir`awn and his rejection of Musa, when he commanded his minister Haman to build him a tower, i.e., a tall, high, strong fortress. He built it of bricks made from baked clay, as Allah says:
فَأَوْقِدْ لِى يَهَمَ
…How Fir`awn mocked the Lord of Musa
Allah tells us of the arrogant and hostile defiance of Fir`awn and his rejection of Musa, when he commanded his min
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