Page 280 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Surprisingly, the name "Haman" is never mentioned in those sec-
tions of the Torah pertaining to the life of Prophet Musa (as). However,
the mention of Haman can be found in the last chapters of the Old
Testament as the helper of a Babylonian king who inflicted many cru-
elties on the Israelites approximately 1,100 years after Prophet Musa
(as).The Qur'an, far more in tune with recent archaeological discover-
ies, does indeed contain the word "Haman" in reference to the life of

Prophet Musa (as).
The criticisms thrown at the book of Islam by some non-Muslims
have disappeared by the wayside as an Egyptian hieroglyphic script
had been deciphered, approximately 200 years ago, and the name
"Haman" discovered in the ancient scripts. Until the 18th century, the
writings and inscriptions of ancient Egypt could not be understood.
The language of ancient Egypt was made up of symbols rather than
words: hieroglyphics. These pictures, which tell stories and keep
records of important events in the same way that modern words do,
was usually engraved on rock or stone and many examples survived
through the ages. With the spread of Christianity and other cultural
influences in the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Egypt forsook its ancient
beliefs along with the hieroglyphic writing which was synonymous

with that now defunct belief system. The last known example of the use
of hieroglyphic writing was an inscription dated 394. The language of
pictures and symbols was forgotten, leaving nobody who could read
and understand it. Naturally, this made historical and archaeological
study virtually impossible. This situation remained-until just over two
centuries ago.
In 1799, much to the delight of historians and other learned peo-
ple, the mystery of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was solved by the
discovery of a tablet called the "Rosetta Stone." This amazing find dated
back to 196 B.C. The importance of this inscription was that it was writ-
ten in three different forms of writing: hieroglyphics, demotic (a sim-

plified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing) and Greek. With the

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