سورة غافر، الآية ٣٦
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَ ٣٦
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 ways1372 -
[1372] Means of ascent, pathways.
Verse 36 of Surah Ghafir (40:36), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 471 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
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Pharaoh said to his minister Haman: “O Haman, build for me a high building, in the hope I can reach the paths.
Pharaoh said, “O Hāmān, build a tower for me so that I may reach the pathways10 –
[10] i.e., means of ascent.
And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "O Hâmân! Build me a tower that I may arrive at the ways -
And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads,
Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may attain the ways and means-
And Firon said: O Haman! build for me a tower that I may attain the means of access,
And Firaawn (Pharaoh) said, "O Haman, build for me a tower that possibly I would reach the means (of ascension),
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرِى فَأَوْقِدْ لِى يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ فَٱجْعَل لِّى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ
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."
