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36- Pharaoh said: “O Haamaan! Build me a high tower that I may attain the ways and
means.”
40-The Believer, 36
38- Pharaoh said: “O Chiefs! No god do I know for you but myself. So, O Haamaan! Fire
some clay to build a tower for me that I may mount up to the God of Moses. I believe that he
is a liar.”
28-The History, 38
Haamaan’s name is quoted several times in the Quran as promoter and supporter of
Pharaoh, who, claiming to vie with God, and taking a stand against Moses, had ordered
Haamaan to erect a high tower so that he might reach the God to whom Moses referred.
Prof. Maurice Bucaille, in his Moise et L’Egypte, speaks of the use of the name Haamaan
mentioned in the Quran, alluding to the objections raised in history to the use of this name,
and gives an account of the corroboration of the account given in the Quran after the
deciphering of the hieroglyph. The name Haamaan is also mentioned in the Old Testament as
the chief minister or vizier of King Ahasuerus. After the failure of his attempt to cut off all the
Jews in the Persian Empire, he was hanged on the gallows which he had erected for
Mordecai. The name Haamaan is mentioned five times in the Quran. People with prejudice
looking for errors in the Quran claimed that the Quran had made errors while copying the Old
Testament and brought forth the name of Haamaan as evidence.
Another discovery was the engraving of the name Haamaan on a monument in Vienna. The
bracket appended to the name Haamaan indicates his special position in relation to the
Pharaoh. (The Egyptians used to write the words linked together unless it was to indicate a
special situation.)
So, objections raised against the contents of the Quran are brought to naught in every
instance. Whenever probing becomes necessary about a particular point, the Quran displays
further miracles. The Quran’s quoting the name Haamaan cannot be coincidental. No source
other than revelation could possibly have included the name so appropriately in the Quran.