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Meccan · Surah 40 of 114

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-"

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