Ghafir 40:36 وقال فرعون يا هامان ابن لي صرحا لعلي ابلغ الاسباب ٣٦
وَقَالَ
فِرۡعَوۡنُ
يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ
ٱبۡنِ
لِي
صَرۡحٗا
لَّعَلِّيٓ
أَبۡلُغُ
ٱلۡأَسۡبَٰبَ
٣٦
And Pharaoh said, "O Hāmān, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways1 -
Lexo Tefsirin
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 يَهَـم
…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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