The Quran contains amazing information regarding ancient Egypt that illustrates many proven historical facts; unbelievable knowledge that have remained secret until recent times. Such historical discoveries should indicate to every wise person that the verses of the holy Quran could have only been revealed through divine inspiration and surely not human invention. However, there have been individuals, who even from the revelation of the very first verses of the Quran accused prophet Muhammad (pbuh) of lying and fabrication of its verses. This is not a new phenomenal; every single prophet and messenger of God before Muhammad was rejected by many people, including their own. With this regard, one of the arguments that has historically been used against the Quran is about a man named Haman who is mentioned in both the Quran and the Bible.
Who was Haman and what is the argument?
The Quran mentions Haman in six different places, who is referred to as one of the closest chiefs of Pharaoh of Moses (pbuh) and one who took the order and the responsibility of building the Pyramids so that Pharaoh “could look up into sky and see the God of Moses”. However in the Old Testament, Haman is a Persian noble Vazir (highest adviser) to king Artaxerxes II, who is thought to be responsible for the Jewish oppression in Babylon almost 1,100 after prophet Moses (pbuh) and He is never related or mentioned in the Bible in reference to the life of Moses or Pharaoh.
Pharaoh said: “O Chiefs! no god do I know for you but myself: therefore, O Haman! Light me a (kiln to bake bricks) out of clay, and build me a lofty palace, that I may mount up to (and see) the god of Moses: but as far as I am concerned, I think (Moses) is a liar!” (Quran 28:38)
Some non-Muslims – Jews, Christians and other – who maintain that Muhammad (pbuh) wrote the Quran, historically have used the above difference to discredit the Quran, use it as a proof of inconsistency and claim that prophet Muhammad (pubh) was not quite aware of who Haman really was.
Discovery of the Rosetta stone and the proof of Haman:
It took almost 1200 years after the revelation of the holy Quran that the hieroglyphic alphabet had finally been decoded and understood using the Rosetta stone and amazingly, nearly 200 years ago, the name “Haman” was discovered in the ancient scripts. Prior to such discovery, the writings and inscriptions of ancient Egypt could not be read or understood. The mystery of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics was solved in 1799 by the discovery of the Rosetta stone tablet dating back to 196 B.C. The significance of this discovery was that was that the Rosetta stone has the same text written in three different forms of writing, which are Hieroglyphics, demotic and simplified Egyptian hieratic writing and Greek. With the help of the Greek script and help of Frenchman historian, Jean-Francoise Champollion, the forgotten language of Hieroglyphic was once more read and understood.
Without having any knowledge of the Quranic verses they decoded Hieroglyphic text of Rosetta stone, which is kept in the Hof Museum in Vienna, and sure enough the name “Haman” was indeed mentioned in Egyptian inscriptions. The text identifies Haman as Pharoah’s “the head of stone quarry workers”.
The result revealed a very important truth. Unlike the false assertion of the opponents of the Quran, Haman was indeed a person who lived in Egypt at the time of Moses, who had been close to the Pharaoh, and had been involved in construction work, exactly as depicted in the Quran.
The discovery and existence of the name “Haman” in the ancient Egyptian text not only proves the fictitious claims of the opponents of the Quran throughout history baseless, but it also confirmed another important fact that the Quran is indeed the word of Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and that is contained between then. It is only through the will of God, transcendent through space and time, that the Quran communicates to us amazing historical information that could not have been known to a simple desert man, who neither could read or write. Yet many people do not pay heed to these signs and proofs.
(Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of blessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of understanding may receive admonition. (Quran 38:29)
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