وَقَالَ And Firaun said waqāla And Firaun said fir'ʿawnu O chiefs yāayyuhā O chiefs l-mala-u Not mā I know ʿalim'tu for you lakum any min god ilāhin other than me ghayrī So kindle fa-awqid for me lī O Haman yāhāmānu Upon ʿalā the clay l-ṭīni and make fa-ij'ʿal for me lī a lofty tower ṣarḥan so that [I] laʿallī I may look aṭṭaliʿu at ilā (the) God ilāhi (of) Musa mūsā And indeed, I wa-innī [I] think that he la-aẓunnuhu (is) of mina the liars l-kādhibīna
And Pharaoh said, "O eminent ones, I have not known you to have a god other than me. Then ignite for me, O Hāmān, [a fire] upon the clay1 and make for me a tower that I may look at the God of Moses. And indeed, I do think he is among the liars."