Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:38

28:38

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

waqāla fir'ʿawnu yāayyuhā l-mala-u mā ʿalim'tu lakum min ilāhin ghayrī fa-awqid lī yāhāmānu ʿalā l-ṭīni fa-ij'ʿal lī ṣarḥan laʿallī aṭṭaliʿu ilā ilāhi mūsā wa-innī la-aẓunnuhu mina l-kādhibīna

And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Hāmān, [a fire] upon the clay and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."

— Saheeh International

Pharaoh said, ‘Counsellors, you have no other god that I know of except me. Haman, light me a fire to bake clay bricks, then build me a tall building so that I may climb up to Moses’ God: I am convinced that he is lying.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "O chiefs! I know not that you have an ilâh (a god) other than me. So kindle for me (a fire), O Hâmân, to bake (bricks out of) clay, and set up for me a Sarh (a lofty tower, or palace) in order that I may look at (or look for) the Ilâh (God) of Mûsâ (Moses); and verily, I think that he [Mûsâ (Moses)] is one of the liars."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَقَالَwaqālaAnd Firaun said
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuAnd Firaun said
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO chiefs
ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-uO chiefs
مَاmāNot
عَلِمْتُʿalim'tuI know
لَكُمlakumfor you
مِّنْminany
إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
غَيْرِىghayrīother than me
فَأَوْقِدْfa-awqidSo kindle
لِىlīfor me
يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُyāhāmānuO Haman
عَلَىʿalāUpon
ٱلطِّينِl-ṭīnithe clay
فَٱجْعَلfa-ij'ʿaland make
لِّىlīfor me
صَرْحًۭاṣarḥana lofty tower
لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīso that [I]
أَطَّلِعُaṭṭaliʿuI may look
إِلَىٰٓilāat
إِلَـٰهِilāhi(the) God
مُوسَىٰmūsā(of) Musa
وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
لَأَظُنُّهُۥla-aẓunnuhu[I] think that he
مِنَmina(is) of
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars