سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 36
وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ ٱبْنِ لِى صَرْحًا لَّعَلِّىٓ أَبْلُغُ ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَ ﴿36﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) said: "O Hâmân! Build me a tower that I may arrive at the ways -
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالَ
waqāla
And said
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'ʿawnu
Firaun
يَـٰهَـٰمَـٰنُ
yāhāmānu
O Haman
ٱبْنِ
ib'ni
Construct
لِى
lī
for me
صَرْحًۭا
ṣarḥan
a tower
لَّعَلِّىٓ
laʿallī
that I may
أَبْلُغُ
ablughu
reach
ٱلْأَسْبَـٰبَ
l-asbāba
the ways
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
36. 1. This is the account of Pharaoh's arrogance, that he ordered his minister Haman to build a lofty structure so that through it he could reach the gates of the heavens. The meaning of "asbab" is gates, or paths. See also Al-Qasas, verse.
