Surah Al-Qasas, ayah 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
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."
Al-Qasas · 28:38
Word by word
- 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
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