Pharaoh Said, "Ignite a Fire and Make a Tower so that I may Look at the God of Moses"
But No Creature can Look at Him, so God Destroyed All that Pharaoh had been Building
40:36 - 37, Qur'an
[And] Pharaoh said, "O Haman, construct a tower [pyramid] for me so that I might reach the ways - the ways into the heavens, so that I may look at the God of Moses; indeed, I think he is a liar." And thus the evil of his deed was made attractive to Pharaoh, and he was averted from the [right] way. And the plan of Pharaoh was not in [anything] except ruin -
The Pyramids of Giza, the Red Pyramid, and the Bent Pyramid were Not Built as Tombs for Pharaohs as Claimed by Egyptologists
None of these Pyramids have Hieroglyphics, which, Even According to the Smithsonian, as will be Shown Below, Means that they could Not be Tombs for Pharaohs
Below is an Example of a Tomb within the Valley of the Kings Showing How there are Hieroglyphics throughout the Room
And Below is a Tomb in which the Smithsonian Claims that it did Not Belong to a King because it does Not have Hieroglyphics, but this Contradicts their Claims About the Pyramids being Tombs for Pharaohs Even though they are Devoid of Hieroglyphics
Why was this tomb in Luxor's "Valley of the Kings" lacking any kind of decoration or hieroglyphics? Egyptologists believe it belonged not to a king, but another lesser royal. - Smithsonian Magazine
And so even according to Egyptologists, as documented by the Smithsonian Magazine, a tomb would belong to a king only if it had decoration and hieroglyphs, and yet they simultaneously contradict themselves by claiming that the undecorated pyramids, which also have no hieroglyphics, belong to Pharaohs.
Rather, due to the fact that there are no hieroglyphics or decorations within the pyramids of Giza, the Red Pyramid, and the Bent Pyramid, they must have served a functional purpose, not a spiritual or religious one. This functional purpose is that which is described in the Qur'an - that Pharaoh built pyramids in order to shine light into the heavens in order to attempt to look at God.
The Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs of the Dendera Lightbulb at the Dendera Temple are Evidence of their Light Technology
However, Egyptologists claim that these are not representations of lightbulbs at all, but only representations of creation myths. And although it is not unreasonable for some of these to represent something "mythological," it is unreasonable to completely reject them all as representations of lightbulbs. This is because there are actually at least six different representations of the Dendera Lightbulb at the Dendera Temple, and in each one, there are subtle differences between the different versions. However, only three are typically shown, and these three are the abstract versions which more closely resemble a "creation myth," whereas two from the other three that are not shown, support a real mechanical version.
In the famous versions, they are more abstract with snakes as the filament and human hands holding the bulb, but others do not have snakes or human hands, rather, they are mechanical. The abstract versions would essentially be the "myths" or their spiritual understanding which would likely be the inspiration for how they would work, whereas the mechanical versions are when they would actually convert that spiritual knowledge into a real functioning version.
Here is a Progression of Images Showing the Abstract Versions Progressing into Mechanical Versions, Whereby the First Three Abstract Versions are the Famous Versions that are Shown
This is an Abstract Version with a Person Holding the Bulb with their Hands at the End, Another Person Holding the Bulb with their Head in the Middle, a Clear Snake as the Filament, and a Stem Connecting to a Flower and a Stone
This is a Partially Abstract Version with a Mechanical Apparatus with Human Hands Holding the Bulb at the End, a Person Holding the Bulb with their Head in the Middle, a Clear Snake as the Filament, and a Flower at the Base
This is a Partially Abstract Version with a Mechanical Apparatus with Human Hands Holding the Bulb at the End, People Holding the Bulb with their Heads in the Middle, a Stem Connecting to a Flower and a Stone, and a Filament that is Less Clearly a Snake
This is an Abstract Version with a Person Holding the Bulb at the End, a Filament that is a Snake, but a Mechanical Tube Connecting to an Artificial Flower and a Mechanical Box
This is a Realistic Version with a Mechanical Apparatus without Human Hands Holding the Bulb at the End, a Filament that is Not a Clear Snake, and a Mechanical Tube Connecting to an Artificial Flower
This is a Realistic Version with a Mechanical Apparatus without Human Hands Holding the Bulb at the End, a Filament that is Not a Clear Snake, and a Mechanical Tube Connecting to an Artificial Flower and a Mechanical Box, and the People are There but they are Not Holding the Bulb
And so it is these last two images which are depicting the most realistic and functioning version of the Dendera Lightbulb, but these are not the famous versions that are depicted. Rather, it is the first three above which are the famous versions that people see and what you will see if you Google the Dendera Lightbulb, but those are the more abstract versions which would be depicting a more "mythological" version. And so yes, if people are seeing the famous versions with a snake as the filament and people holding it up, it does indeed look like some sort of mythological story. But if they saw the realistic versions without snakes and human hands, they would be more apt to see it as a lightbulb, but people are rarely shown these realistic versions.
Ultimately, the Dendera Lightbulb is evidence of ancient Egyptian light technology which would support the Qur'an that Pharaoh had the ability to shine a light into the heavens in order to try to look at God.