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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

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وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًۭا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَ﴿٣٦

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How Fir`awn mocked the Lord of MusaAllah 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 يَهَـمَـنُ عَلَى الطِّينِ فَاجْعَل لِّى صَرْحاً(So kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake (bricks out of) clay, and set up for me a lofty tower) (28:38).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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