Old Testament Dictionary

The information contained in the Qur'an about ancient Egypt reveals many historical facts that remained confidential until recently. These facts also indicate to us that every word in the Quran was revealed by the wisdom of course.

Haman is a character whose name is mentioned in the Koran, and the Pharaoh. It is recorded in six different places in the Quran as one of the men closest to the pharaoh.

Surprisingly the name of Haman is never mentioned in the sections of the Torah pertaining to the life of Moses. However, the mention of Haman is in the final chapters of the Old Testament as the assistant to a Babylonian king who inflicted many cruelties on the Israelites approximately 1,100 years after Moses.

Some non-Muslims, who claim that the prophet Mohammed wrote the Qur'an by copying from the Torah and the Bible also say that during the process, he transferred some of the topics these books in the Qur'an incorrectly.

The absurdity of these allegations has been shown that after the Egyptian hieroglyphic alphabet had been deciphered, approximately 200 years ago, and the name "Haman" discovered in the ancient manuscripts.
Before these discoveries, the writings and inscriptions of ancient Egypt could not be understood. The language of ancient Egypt was hieroglyphic, which survived through the ages. However, with the spread of Christianity and other cultural influences in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, Egypt forsook its ancient beliefs and hieroglyphic writing. The last known example of the use of hieroglyphic writing was an inscription dated 394 AD. While the language has been forgotten, leaving nobody who could read and understand. And that was the situation until 200 years ago ...

The mystery of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was solved in 1799 by the discovery of a tablet called the Rosetta stone that dates back to 196 BC The importance of this inscription was that it was written in three different forms of writing : hieroglyphics, demotic (a simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing) and Greek. With the help of the Greek alphabet, the ancient Egyptian writings were decoded. The translation of the inscription was completed by a French man named Jean-Franasoise Champollion. Hence a forgotten language and events related to it were brought to light. In this way, a lot of knowledge about the civilization, religion and social life of ancient Egypt became available.

With the decoding of hieroglyphics, an important piece of knowledge was revealed: the name "Haman" was indeed mentioned in Egyptian inscriptions. This name has been mentioned in a monument in the Hof Museum in Vienna. (1)

In the dictionary of "people of the New Kingdom," which has been prepared on the entire collection of inscriptions, Haman is said "the head of stone quarry workers". (2)

The result revealed a very important truth. Contrary to the false claim of opponents of the Qur'an, Haman was a person who has lived in Egypt under Moses, who had been close to Pharaoh, and had been involved in construction, as printed in the Koran "a file .

In addition, the verse in the Qur'an describing the event where the Pharaoh asked Haman to build a tower is in perfect agreement with this conclusion archaeological

"Pharaoh said:" Council, I know no god for you besides me. Haman, kindle a fire for me on the clay and build me a tower so high that maybe I could go on Moses' God, I consider him a blatant liar. "(Surah al-Kasas: 38)

In conclusion, the existence of the name of Haman in the ancient Egyptian inscriptions not only rendered the claims of making the opponent.