Allah the Exalted said: << And Pharaoh said, "O chiefs, I know no god for you other than me, so kindle for me, O Haman, a fire on the clay and make for me a tower so that I may look out

addressing his people .... O mankind .... by calling out to magnify the matter and make it seem terrifying, then he said: and he did not say: "I did not find for you," because if he had said: "I did not find for you," they would have lied to him, for they would say: "You did not go ... you did not leave us ... you went and sought Allah but did not find Him." Rather, he denied being knowledgeable about it in order to derive from it so his trick succeeded. He says: "I swear by Allah, I do not know a god for you other than me, but we will search. Kindle for me, O Haman, a fire on the clay and make for me a tall, high tower so that I can look and see if there is a god for Musa in the sky or not? And this is more eloquent in terms of truth, because if he had said 'I did not find,' it would not have led to ... his saying: "Build for me a tower" or not? ... because if we say he found it, what is the need for .... since negation of existence is only after seeking. Second, if he had said: "I did not find," they would have said: "How did you not find...?" So he expressed it by saying: , in order to complete his trick. And his saying: and the intended meaning is "a Lord other than me," because he said in Surat al-Naziat: or it is permissible that the intended meaning of "god" is its apparent meaning, making it meaning "a worshipped one who is not worshipped except ...," and his saying: the fā' is causal and it is a conjunction, and who is Haman? His minister. Well, the ministry in ... we say: Minister of Education ... a general minister; if he has multiple duties, he is a specific minister .... In any case, what appears is that he is a general minister. His saying: ...
So cook for me the bricks " Clay is earth moistened with water; when fire is applied to it, it hardens and becomes brick. He chose that because brick is stronger than others, or not? ... and because when fire is applied to it .... it will become famous among them. When people pass by, they will ask: "What is this?" They will say: "This is the tower that ..." so it will become more famous and also more of a deterrent ...

and make for me a tower

فاجعل لي صرحاً

[Al-Qasas 28:38]

The author says: " a high palace " .... He builds for him something like a minaret, but a high structure. If the author had said "a high structure," that would have been more appropriate.

a tower that I may look at the God of Moses

صرحا لعلي أطلع إلى إله موسى

[Al-Qasas 28:38]

So that

لعلي

This is for the reason, meaning make it for me so that I may look at the god of Musa, see him, and know about him. And his saying:

To the god of Moses

إلى إله موسى

and he ... brought it in a way of belittlement, because Musa is great in his view, or not? Great.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, he is lowly, so his god would be like him, the god of Musa, because he would be lowly due to the lowliness of his worshipper.

that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."

إلى إله موسى وإني لأظنه مِن الكاذبين

[Al-Qasas 28:38]

for his claim of another god and that he is His messenger" , he emphasized it with the lām, then he said: to open the door for ... because this is not the first one to lie, so it is not strange that he lies, because those who came before him have preceded him. Thus, this is more acceptable to them, and to remind them that Musa is like the other liars, not the first to lie. He says now: Is his saying: is he truthful in that? He is not truthful, because Musa said to him: but he ... to his people, and for this he ordered this act. Second: Is he truthful in his saying: He is not truthful, rather he is certain that he is truthful, but he ... to his people. He is the one who made him say this statement.