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Al-Qasas 38

Ayah 38 of 88 · Meccan

وَقَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنُ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلۡمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمۡتُ لَكُم مِّنۡ إِلَٰهٍ غَيۡرِي فَأَوۡقِدۡ لِي يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ عَلَى ٱلطِّينِ فَٱجۡعَل لِّي صَرۡحٗا لَّعَلِّيٓ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰٓ إِلَٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٣٨

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 clay1 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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 From which bricks are made.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَAnd Firaun saidwaqāla
  2. فِرۡعَوۡنُAnd Firaun saidfir'ʿawnu
  3. يَٰٓأَيُّهَاO chiefsyāayyuhā
  4. ٱلۡمَلَأُO chiefsl-mala-u
  5. مَاNotmā
  6. عَلِمۡتُI knowʿalim'tu
  7. لَكُمfor youlakum
  8. مِّنۡanymin
  9. إِلَٰهٍgodilāhin
  10. غَيۡرِيother than meghayrī
  11. فَأَوۡقِدۡSo kindlefa-awqid
  12. لِيfor melī
  13. يَٰهَٰمَٰنُO Hamanyāhāmānu
  14. عَلَىUponʿalā
  15. ٱلطِّينِthe clayl-ṭīni
  16. فَٱجۡعَلand makefa-ij'ʿal
  17. لِّيfor melī
  18. صَرۡحٗاa lofty towerṣarḥan
  19. لَّعَلِّيٓso that [I]laʿallī
  20. أَطَّلِعُI may lookaṭṭaliʿu
  21. إِلَىٰٓatilā
  22. إِلَٰهِ(the) Godilāhi
  23. مُوسَىٰ(of) Musamūsā
  24. وَإِنِّيAnd indeed, Iwa-innī
  25. لَأَظُنُّهُۥ[I] think that hela-aẓunnuhu
  26. مِنَ(is) ofmina
  27. ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَthe liarsl-kādhibīna

Tafsir

Addressing the leaders from his people, Pharaoh said, “O Leaders! I do not know of any deity for you except myself, so O Haman, bake some bricks and build a tall structure for me so that I can look at the deity of Moses and acquaint myself with Him. We believe Moses to be lying in his claim to have been sent as a Messenger for Allah, to me and my people.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran