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one of the individuals referred to in
the context of pharaoh is Haman he is
mentioned in six different places in the
Quan in which we are informed that he
was one of Pharaoh's closest allies
surprisingly the name Haman is never
mentioned in those sections of the Old
Testament pertaining to the life of
prophet Moses this information in the
Quran was backed up by archaeological
discoveries made centuries
later until the 18th century the
writings and inscriptions of ancient
Egypt could not be understood
the ancient Egyptian writing system
consisted of hieroglyphs or stylized
pictures rather than words and was
forgotten centuries ago in
1799 the mystery of ancient Egyptian
hieroglyphs was solved by the discovery
of a tablet called the Rosetta Stone
dating back to 196 BC through the
decoding of hieroglyph an important
piece of knowledge was revealed the name
Haman was in indeed mentioned in
Egyptian inscriptions the same
inscription also indicated the close
relationship between Haman and the
Pharaoh in the dictionary of people in
the New Kingdom which was prepared based
on the entire collection of inscriptions
Haman is said to be the head of stone
query
workers the verse in the Quran
describing the event where Pharaoh asked
Haman to build a tower is in perfect
agreement with this archaeological
finding
Pharaoh said counsel I do not know of
any other deity for you apart from me
Hamman Kindle a fire for me over the
clay and build me a lofty Tower so that
perhaps I may be able to climb up to
Moses's deity I consider him a blatant
liar
the discovery of the name Haman on
ancient Egyptian inscriptions once again
revealed that the Quran was sent down
from the site of God in a miraculous way
the Quran conveys to us historical
information that could not have been
possessed or understood at the time of
the prophet