سورة غَافر

Surah Ghâfir 40:36

Granter of Protection · Verse 36 of 85

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ لِي صَرْحًا لَعَلِّي أَبْلُغُ الْأَسْبَابَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

And Pharaoh said, `O Hâmân! build for me a lofty tower that I may find access to the means -

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may attain the ways and means-

Ahmed Ali

The Pharaoh said: "O Haman, build me a lofty tower that I may perhaps find the means

12 more translations

Ali Unal

The Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty tower so that I may attain the ways,

Daryabadi

And Fir´awn said: O Haman! build for me a tower that haply I may reach the ways of access

Faridul Haque

And said Firaun, “O Haman! Build a high palace for me, in order that I may reach the routes.” -

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And Pharaoh said: O Haman, build for me a tower that I may attain the means of access --

Maulvi Sher Ali

And Pharaoh said, `O Haman, build thou for me a lofty tower that I may attain to the means of access -

Muhammad Asad

But Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty tower, that haply I may attain to the [right] means -

Muhammad Musin Khan

And Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said: "O Haman! Build me a tower that I may arrive at the ways,

Muhammad Pickthall

And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads,

Muhammad Sarwar

Pharaoh said, "Haman, build a tower of baked bricks for me so that I shall have access.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And Firon said: O Haman! build for me a tower that I may attain the means of access,

Rashad Khalifa

Pharaoh said, "O Haamaan, build for me a high tower, that I may reach out and discover.

Shabbir Ahmed

(Thus spoke the believer among Pharaoh’s people.) And Pharaoh remarked, "O Haman! Build for me a lofty tower that I may have enough means,

Commentary 40:36Hâmân هَامَانُ is used in the Holy Qur’ân in verses 28:38; 29:39; 40:24,36, not as proper name, but the Arabic form of Ha-Amon, the high priest of Amon,…

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ لِي صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّي أَبْلُغُ الْأَسْبَابَ

40:36Hâmân هَامَانُ is used in the Holy Qur’ân in verses 28:38; 29:39; 40:24,36, not as proper name, but the Arabic form of Ha-Amon, the high priest of Amon, the sun-god of Egypt. Similarly, the term pharaoh is not a proper name, but the title given to Egyptian kings at the time of Moses. Hâmân in Arabic also means caretaker, or one charged with construction work.

In ancient Egypt, the compound designation Ha-Amon was given to every high priest of the Egyptian God Amon. The point is strengthened by the fact that Pharaoh demanded that Hâmân erect for him a lofty tower from which he could have a look at the God of Moses (28:38; 40:36), which may be an allusion to the function of the high priest as his chief architect (cf. 28:6).