38 Preface وَقالَ فِرعَونُ يا أَيُّهَا المَلَأُ ما عَلِمتُ لَكُم مِن إِلٰهٍ غَيري فَأَوقِد لي يا هامانُ عَلَى الطّينِ فَاجعَل لي صَرحًا لَعَلّي أَطَّلِعُ إِلىٰ إِلٰهِ موسىٰ وَإِنّي لَأَظُنُّهُ مِنَ الكاذِبينَAli Quli QaraiPharaoh said, ‘O [members of the] elite! I do not know of any god that you may have other than me. Hāmān, light for me a fire over clay,1 and build me a tower so that I may take a look at Moses’ god, and indeed I consider him to be a liar!’ That is, ‘Light for me kilns for baking bricks of clay to build a tower from which I may take a look at the God of Moses.’ Meant as a sarcasm aimed at Moses and the Israelites, many of whom were used as forced labour to make bricks.