وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ یَا أَیُّهَا الْمَلَأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَکُمْ مِّنْ إِلَـه غَیْرِى فَأَوْقِدْ لِى یَا هَامَانُ عَلَى الطِّینِ فَاجْعَل لِى صَرْحاً لَّعَلِّى أَطَّلِعُ إِلَى إِلَـهِ مُوسَى وَإِنِّى لاََظُنُّهُ مِنَ الْکَاذِبِینَ(( 38 ))
38- AND PHARAOH SAID:- ``O, CHIEFS! I KNOW NOT ANY GOD FOR YOU OTHER THAN MYSELF. SO, KINDLE ME A FIRE, O, HÄMÄN, UPON CLAY AND BUILD ME A HIGH TOWER, THAT I MAY BE INFORMED OF THE GOD OF MOSES, THOUGH I THINK HIM TO BE OF THE LIARS.''
وَاسْتَکْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُ فِى الاَْرْضِ بِغَیْرِ الْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ إِلَیْنَا لاَ یُرْجَعُونَ(( 39 ))
39- AND HE AND HIS HOST WERE UNRIGHTLY PROUD IN THE LAND, AND THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD NOT RETURN TO US.
فَأَخَذْنَاهُ وَجُنُودَهُ فَنَبَذْنَاهُمْ فِى الْیَمِّ فَانظُرْ کَیْفَ کَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الظَّالِمِینَ(( 40 ))
40- THEREFORE WE SEIZED HIM AND HIS HOSTS AND CAST THEM INTO THE SEA. THEN SEE HOW WAS THE END OF THE OPPRESSORS.
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً یَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ وَیَوْمَ الْقِیَامَةِ لاَ یُنصَرُونَ(( 41 ))
41- AND WE MADE THEM LEADERS WHO CALL (PEOPLE) TO THE FIRE, AND IN THE DAY OF RESURRECTION THEY ARE NOT HELPED.
وَأَتْبَعْنَاهُمْ فِى هَذِهِ الدُّنْیَا لَعْنَةً وَیَوْمَ الْقِیَامَةِ هُمْ مِّنَ الْمَقْبُوحِینَ(( 42 ))
42- AND WE FOLLOWED THEM IN THIS WORLD BY A CURSE, AND IN THE DAY OF RESURRECTION THEY ARE OF THE DETESTEBLES.