Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:36

40:36

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَ

waqāla fir'ʿawnu yāhāmānu ib'ni lī ṣarḥan laʿallī ablughu l-asbāba

And Pharaoh said, "O Hāmān, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways -

— Saheeh International

Pharaoh said, ‘Haman, build me a tall tower so that I may reach the ropes that lead

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "O Hâmân! Build me a tower that I may arrive at the ways -

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

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Word by Word

وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُyāhāmānuO Haman
ٱبْنِib'niConstruct
لِىlīfor me
صَرْحًۭاṣarḥana tower
لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallīthat I may
أَبْلُغُablughureach
ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَl-asbābathe ways