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Quran 28:38

Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), verse 38 of 88 · Juz 20

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

Translations of Quran 28:38
EnglishTalal Itani

Pharaoh said, “O nobles, I know of no god for you other than me. So fire up the bricks for me, O Hamaan, and build me a tower, that I may ascend to the God of Moses, though I think he is a liar.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And Pharaoh said: O chiefs! I know not that ye have a god other than me, so kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake the mud; and set up for me a lofty tower in order that I may survey the god of Moses; and lo! I deem him of the liars.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Fir'avn ise dediki: ey millet, ben sizin için benden başka bir tanrı bilmiyorum, haydi benim için çamura ocağı yak da ya Hâmân bana bir kule yap belki Musânın tanrısına muttali' olurum, maamafih ben onu her halde yalancılardan sanıyorum

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Pharaon, s’adressant alors aux grands, leur dit : Vous n’avez, que je sache, d’autre dieu que moi ; et toi, Haman, fais-moi cuire des briques de limon et construis-moi un palais, afin que je monte vers le Dieu de Moïse, et m’assure par moi-même de ce qui en est ; car je crois qu’il (Moïse) ment.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En Pharao zeide: O Vorsten! ik wist niet, dat gij een anderen god buiten mij bezat. Daarom o Haman brand mij klei tot steenen en bouw mij een hoogen toren, opdat ik tot den God van Mozes moge opstijgen: want waarlijk, ik houd hem voor een leugenaar.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Faraone allora disse ai grandi (del regno): Voi non avete, ch’io sappia, altro Dio che me; e tu, Haman, fa cuocere dei mattoni di terra, e fabbricami un palazzo, acciò io salga verso il Dio di Mosè (e me ne assicuri da me stesso) perchè credo ch’ei mentisca.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.