Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said: "O chiefs! I know not that you have an ilah (a god) other than me, so kindle for me (a fire), O Haman, to bake (bricks out of) clay, and set up for me a Sarhan (a lofty tower, or palace, etc.) in order that I may look at (or look for) the Ilah (God) of Musa (Moses); and verily, I think that he [Musa (Moses)] is one of the liars."
و فرعون گفت: «اى بزرگان قوم، من جز خويشتن براى شما خدايى نمى‌شناسم. پس اى هامان؛ برايم بر گل آتش بيفروز و برجى [بلند] براى من بساز، شايد به [حال‌] خداى موسى اطّلاع يابم، و من جداً او را از دروغگويان مى‌پندارم.»