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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an
1700s so the information could not have been ascertained from
Egyptian sources. When the name "Haman" was discovered in the
ancient scripts, it was further proof of the infallibility of Allah's word.
The name "Haman" was not known until the decoding of Egyptian hiero-
glyphics in the 19th century. When the hieroglyphics were decoded, it was
understood that Haman was a close helper of the Pharaoh and was "the
head of the stone quarries." (Below are shown ancient Egyptian construc-
tion workers). The most important point here is that Haman is mentioned in
the Qur'an as the person who directed construction work under the com-
mand of the Pharaoh. This means that information that could not have been
known by anybody else at that time was given in the Qur'an, a point most
worthy of note.
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