Qur'ān 40:36-37 says that Pharaoh requested a high tower to be built so he can look for the God of Moses in the sky.
Egyptologists confirm that reaching the Gods by ascending to the sky was an Ancient Egyptian belief.
*If* the prophet ﷺ wrote the Qur'ān, how did he know this?
Egyptologists confirm that reaching the Gods by ascending to the sky was an Ancient Egyptian belief.
*If* the prophet ﷺ wrote the Qur'ān, how did he know this?
The two References above are :
1) Life after death : a history of the afterlife in western religion, page 38.
2) Religious life in Ancient Egypt, page 208.
1) Life after death : a history of the afterlife in western religion, page 38.
2) Religious life in Ancient Egypt, page 208.
Two more Egyptologists:
Ref:
1) C. Jacq (Trans. J. M. Davis), Egyptian Magic, 1985, Aris & Phillips Ltd. & Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers: Chicago, p. 11.
2) M. Verner, "Pyramid", in D. B. Redford (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia Of Ancient Egypt, 2001, Volume III, op. cit., p. 88
Ref:
1) C. Jacq (Trans. J. M. Davis), Egyptian Magic, 1985, Aris & Phillips Ltd. & Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers: Chicago, p. 11.
2) M. Verner, "Pyramid", in D. B. Redford (Ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia Of Ancient Egypt, 2001, Volume III, op. cit., p. 88
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