Traditional date, disputed
Mocking Musa, Pharaoh tells Haman to fire bricks of clay and build a tower, so he can climb up and look at the God of Musa.
And Pharaoh said, "O Haman, construct for me a tower that I might reach the ways -
Quran 40:36
Source: Quran ·
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