Quran 28:38 — Al-Qasas, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Pharaoh said, ‘Counsellors, you have no other god that I know of except me. Haman, light me a fire to bake clay bricks, then build me a tall building so that I may climb up to Moses’ God: I am convinced that he is lying.’
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرِي فَأَوْقِدْ لِي يَا هَامَانُ عَلَى الطِّينِ فَاجْعَلْ لِي صَرْحًا لَعَلِّي أَطَّلِعُ إِلَىٰ إِلَـٰهِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِنِّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ
waqāla fir'ʿawnu yāayyuhā l-mala-u mā ʿalim'tu lakum min ilāhin ghayrī fa-awqid lī yāhāmānu ʿalā l-ṭīni fa-ij'ʿal lī ṣarḥan laʿallī aṭṭaliʿu ilā ilāhi mūsā wa-innī la-aẓunnuhu mina l-kādhibīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Pharaoh said, 'Council, I know not that you have any god but me. Kindle me, Haman, a fire upon the clay, and make me a tower, that I may mount up to Moses' god; for I think that he is one of the liars.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Whereupon Pharaoh said: “O you nobles! I did not know that you could have any deity other than myself Well, then, O Haman, kindle me a fire for [baking bricks of] clay, and then build me a lofty tower, that haply I may have a look at the god of Moses although, behold, I am convinced that he is of those who [always] tell lies!”
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَwaqāla | And Firaun said | قول |
| 2 | فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnu | And Firaun said | — |
| 3 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O chiefs | — |
| 4 | ٱلْمَلَأُl-mala-u | O chiefs | ملأ |
| 5 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 6 | عَلِمْتُʿalim'tu | I know | علم |
| 7 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 8 | مِّنْmin | any | — |
| 9 | إِلَـٰهٍilāhin | god | أله |
| 10 | غَيْرِىghayrī | other than me | غير |
| 11 | فَأَوْقِدْfa-awqid | So kindle | وقد |
| 12 | لِىlī | for me | — |
| 13 | يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُyāhāmānu | O Haman | — |
| 14 | عَلَىʿalā | Upon | — |
| 15 | ٱلطِّينِl-ṭīni | the clay | طين |
| 16 | فَٱجْعَلfa-ij'ʿal | and make | جعل |
| 17 | لِّىlī | for me | — |
| 18 | صَرْحًۭاṣarḥan | a lofty tower | صرح |
| 19 | لَّعَلِّىٓlaʿallī | so that [I] | — |
| 20 | أَطَّلِعُaṭṭaliʿu | I may look | طلع |
| 21 | إِلَىٰٓilā | at | — |
| 22 | إِلَـٰهِilāhi | (the) God | أله |
| 23 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | (of) Musa | — |
| 24 | وَإِنِّىwa-innī | And indeed, I | — |
| 25 | لَأَظُنُّهُۥla-aẓunnuhu | [I] think that he | ظنن |
| 26 | مِنَmina | (is) of | — |
| 27 | ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīna | the liars | كذب |