HAMAN

Haman is an important person in the Qur'an, who opposes Moses and his message together with Pharaoh. The Qur'an mentions Haman six times: al-Qasas 28:6,8,38; al-`Ankabut 29:39; al-Mu'min 40:24,36.

Non-Muslims easily recognize that the person of Haman in the Qur'an as a reflection of the biblical Haman in the book of Esther. Haman's occurrence in the story of Moses and Pharaoh of the Qur'an has long been a prominent charge of a historical error in the Qur'an.

A detailed discussion of the Haman in the Qur'an and the similarities to the biblical Haman, see these articles:

- Who was Haman according to the Qur'an?
- The similarities between Haman in the Bible and Haman in the Qur'an
- The Anatomy of Qur'an’s Mistakes

In 1994, Dr. Maurice Bucaille published a book with the claim that the name Haman was found in an old Egyptian inscription, implying the superior historical accuracy of the Qur'an over the Bible. Soon, the "miracle of Haman" became one of the most prominent proofs Muslims used to convince themselves and others of the divine origin of the Qur'an. Various Muslim apologists developed variants of this argument.

The main Muslim versions of this argument are discussed in great detail in this article series:

- The Haman Hoax

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