"And Pharaoh said, 'O eminent ones, I have not known for you any god other than me.'" Al-Hasan said: He intentionally lied. "'So ignite for me, O Haman, [a fire] upon the clay,'" meaning: Bake bricks for me; for he was the first to bake bricks. "'And construct for me a tower,'" meaning: Build for me a palace. So he built for him a high tower. Pharaoh knew that Moses was the Messenger of Allah, and this statement from him was a lie.
Surah Al-Qasas from (verse 39 to verse 43).
﴿وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْن يَا أَيهَا الْمَلأُ مَا عَلِمْتُ لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَه غَيْرِي﴾ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ: تَعَمَّدَ الْكَذِبَ ﴿فَأَوْقِدْ لِي يَا هَامَانُ عَلَى الطِّينِ﴾ أَي: فاطبخ لي آجرا؛ فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ طَبَخَ الْآجُرَّ ﴿فَاجْعَلْ لي صرحا﴾ أَيِ: ابْنِ لِي قَصْرًا؛ فَبَنَى لَهُ صَرْحًا عَالِيًا، وَقَدْ عَلِمَ فِرْعَوْنُ أَنَّ مُوسَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَهَذَا القَوْل مِنْهُ كذب.
سُورَة الْقَصَص من (آيَة ٣٩ آيَة ٤٣).
