Haman (Islam)

In the primary scripture of Islam, the Quran, Haman (Arabic: : هامان‎, pronounced: hāmān) was associated with the court of Pharaoh at the time of a religious prophet, Moses. The name Haman appears six times throughout the whole Qur'an,^[1] four times with Pharaoh and twice by himself,^[2] where God sent Moses to invite Pharaoh and Haman to monotheism, and to seek protection of the Israelites Haman and Pharaoh were tormenting. Referring to Moses as a sorcerer and a liar, Pharaoh and Haman rejected Moses' call to worship this God and refused to set the children of Israel free. Haman was commissioned to build a tall tower, using burnt bricks, for this Pharaoh to climb up to the God of Moses.

References

1. A-Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, Wheeler, Haman
2. , Qur'an 28:6, 28:8, 28:38, 29:39, 40:24, 40:36.