يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ لِي صَرْحًا
O Hāmān, build for me a lofty structure. (Ghāfir 40:36)
The verb is an imperative. Pharaoh is not necessarily asking Hāmān to perform every stage of construction personally. Hāmān can be the one who organizes or orders the work, while builders perform the physical tasks.
The action in the command is assigned to an organizer or directing cause. Thus rational figurative predication need not be restricted to declarative sentences.
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Four Types of Rational Figurative Predication: Quranic and Nondeclarative Examples
يَا هَامَانُ ابْنِ لِي صَرْحًا
O Hāmān, build for me a lofty structure. (Ghāfir 40:36)
The verb is an imperative. Pharaoh is not necessarily asking Hāmān to perform every stage of construction personally. Hāmān can be the one who organizes or orders the work, while builders perform the physical tasks.
The action in the command is assigned to an organizer or directing cause. Thus rational figurative predication need not be restricted to declarative sentences.