Ghafir 40:36
The Forgiver · ayah 36 of 85
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَٰهَٰمَٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًۭا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَٰبَ
Waqala firAAawnu ya hamanuibni lee sarhan laAAallee ablughu al-asbab
"And Pharaoh said, "O Hāmān, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways -"
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Pharaoh said, ‘Haman, build me a tall tower so that I may reach the ropes that lead"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And Pharaoh said: O Haman! Build for me a tower that haply I may reach the roads,"
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"Pharaoh said: "O Haman! Build me a lofty palace, that I may attain the ways and means-"