Stories of the prophets

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Prophet Musa and Prophet Harun :


The pharaoh who ruled Egypt was a tyrant who oppressed the descendants of Yaqub (peace be upon Him), known as the children of Israel (Bani Israel). He used every means to demean and disgrace them. They were kept in bondage and forced to work for him for small wages or nothing. Under this system the people obeyed and worshipped the pharaoh, and the ruling class carried out his orders, thereby authorizing his tyranny and crazy whims.

The pharaoh wanted the people to obey him only, and to believe in the gods of his invention. Perhaps, during that time, there were many classes of people who did not believe in or practice polytheism; however, they kept this to themselves and outwardly did as they were expected to do, without revolting or revealing themselves to anyone.

Thus, successive dynasties came to Egypt and assumed that they were gods or their representative or spokesmen.

Years passed, and a despotic king, who was adored by the Egyptians, ruled Egypt. This king saw the children of Israel multiplying and prospering. He heard them talking about a vague vision that one of Israel' s sons would dethrone the pharaoh of Egypt. Perhaps this vision was only a daydream that persisted within the hearts of the persecuted minority, or perhaps it was a prophecy from their books.

Another tradition states that it was Pharaoh himself who had the vision. Ibn 'Abbas narrated: "Pharaoh saw in his vision a fire, which came from Jerusalem and burned the houses of the Egyptians but did not do harm to the children of Israel. When he woke up, he was horrified. He then gathered his priests and magicians and asked them about this vision. They said: "This means a boy will be born of them and the Egyptian people will perish at his hands.' That is why Pharaoh commanded that all male children of the children of Israel be killed."

He then issued a decree to slay any male child that would be born to the children of Israel. This was carried out until the experts of economics said to Pharaoh: "The aged of the children of Israel die and the young are slaughtered. This will lead to their annihilation. As a result, Pharaoh will lose the manpower of those who work for him, those whom he enslaves, and their women whom he exploits. It is better to regulate this procedure by initiating the following policy: males should be slaughtered in one year but spared to live the next year." Pharaoh found that solution to be safer economically.

Musa's mother was pregnant with Harun in a year that boys were to be spared; thus she gave birth to the child safely. During a year in which boys were to be slain, she gave birth to Musa; thus his birth caused her much terror.


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PROPHET MUSA (Moses) :


Allah the Almighty says in the Glorious Quran:

"These are Verses of the manifest Book that makes clear truth from falsehood, good from evil. We recite to you some of the news of Musa and Pharaoh in truth, for a people who believe. Verily, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people sects, weakening (oppressing) a group (children of Israel) among them, killing their sons, and letting their females live. Verily, he was of those who was oppressor,commit great sins and crimes". (Quran,28:2-4)


Musa was born during this critical time.His mother feared that he too would be killed.

Allah inspired Musa's mother to nurse him as long as she could, until she feared for his safety. Then she was to throw him into the river. Allah promised that He would bring Musa back to her and that Musa would become a messenger of Allah.

"And We inspired the mother of Musa, saying: "Suckle him, but when you fear for him, then cast him into the river and fear not, nor grieve. Verily! We shall bring him back to you, and shall make him one of the Messengers." (Quran, 28:7)

Musa's Mother managed to conceal him for some time and used to nurse him secretly.But when she felt,she could not manage any longer;She was commanded to make a basket for Moses.

She nursed him, put him into the basket, then went to the shore of the Nile and threw it into the water. Her mother's heart grieved as she threw her son into the Nile. However, she was aware that Allah was much more merciful to Musa than her, that HE loved him more than her.

She instructed her daughter to follow the course of the basket and was asked to watch the floating box from a distance to avoid suspicion and to report back to her. As the daughter followed the floating basket along the riverbank, she found herself right in the palace grounds and saw what was unfolding before her eyes.



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Just as how the Prophet Musa (peace be upon Him) floated on the Nile in compliance with his destiny Allah preordained for him, so were Pharaoh and his family made to encounter the Prophet Musa (peace be upon Him).

The basket came to rest at the riverbank, which skirted the king's palace. The palace servants found the basket with the baby and took it to the Pharaoh and his queen.The queen beheld the lovely infant, and Allah instilled in her a strong love for the baby.

Firaun's (Pharaoh) wife was very different from him. He was a disbeliever in God; she was a believer. He was cruel; she was merciful. He was a tyrant; she was delicate and goodhearted.

The pharaoh’s wife wanted to keep him and requested that he should not be killed. She thought he might be useful to them or that they might adopt him as they did not had any child.

Almighty Allah says in the Quran,

"Then the household of Fir'aun picked him up, that he might become for them an enemy and a cause of grief. Verily! Fir'aun,Haman and their hosts were sinners.

And the wife of Fir'aun said: "A comfort of the eye for me and for you. Kill him not, perhaps he may be of benefit to us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceive not". (Quran,28:8-9)

So they kept the child.

The queen summoned a few wet nurses to suckle the baby, but he would refuse to suck.

The queen was distressed and sent for more wet nurses.

Musa's sister was also around there as she was keeping an eye from afar.She approached and said that she knew a woman who would suckle the child affectionately.She was also worried as her brother was without milk for a long time. They asked her to rush and fetch the woman she was talking about.

In the meantime, the Prophet Musa's Mother was concerned about her son since she did not know what had happened to him.

She rushed to her Mother with the good news.Her Mother was so happy to know and they lost no time in reaching the palace.

Allah says in the Quran....

"And the heart of the mother of Musa became empty from every thought, except the thought of Musa. She was very near to disclose his case, had We not strengthened her heart with Faith, so that she might remain as one of the believers". 28:10

As the child was put to nurse, he immediately started suckling.All were astonished and asked her; "Who are you? This child has refused all other wet nurses but you". she replied: "I am a woman of sweet milk and no child refuses me." This answer satisfied them.

In this way Musa was restored to his mother, as Allah had promised.

Allah says in the Quran...

"And We had already forbidden foster suckling mothers for him, until she (his sister came up and) said: "Shall I direct you to a household who will rear him for you, and sincerely they will look after him in a good manner?

So did We restore him to his mother, that she might be delighted, and that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the Promise of Allah is true. But most of them know not". 28:12-13



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Allah had granted Musa (peace be upn Him) good health, strength, knowledge, and wisdom. The weak and oppressed turned to him for protection and justice.


One day in the main city, he saw two men fighting. One was an Israelite, who was being beaten by the other, an Egyptian. On seeing Moses, the Israelite begged him for help. Musa became involved in the dispute and, in a state of anger, struck a heavy blow on the Egyptian, who died on the spot. Upon realizing that he had killed a human being, Musa's heart was filled with deep sorrow and regret, immediately he begged Allah for forgiveness.

He had not intended to kill the man. He pleaded with Almighty Allah to forgive him.

The next day he saw the same Israelite involved in another fight. Musa went to him and said: "You seem to be a quarrelsome fellow. You have a new quarrel with one person or another each day." Fearing that Musa might strike him, the Israelite warned Musa: "Would you kill me as you killed the wretch yesterday?"

The Egyptian with whom the Israelite was fighting overheard this remark and reported Musa to the authorities. Soon thereafter, as Musa was passing through the city, a man approached and alerted him: "O Musa, the chiefs have taken counsel against you. You are to be tried and killed. I would advise you to escape."

Musa knew that the penalty for killing an Egyptian was death and He left Egypt in a hurry without going to Pharaoh's palace.He left behind Pharaoh and his people, and set off to Midian. (Midian is a region beyond the Sinai desert to the east of Egypt, corresponding to the southern end of Jordan today.)

After crossing the main desert, he reached near a spring outside Midian where shepherds were watering their flocks.He went to the spring, where he saw two young women preventing their sheep from mixing with the others. He drew nearer to them and asked if he could help them in any way.

They explained that they had to graze their father's flocks for him since he was an old man, but that they couldn't because of the shepherds.

Musa said,"I will water the sheep for you."

When Musa approached the water, he saw that the shepherds had put over the mouth of the spring an immense rock that could only be moved by ten men. Musa embraced the rock and lifted it out of the spring's mouth. Musa was certainly strong. He watered their sheep,put the rock back in its place and returned to sit in the shade of the tree.

The young ladies returned home earlier than usual, which surprised their father. They related the incident at the spring which was the reason that they were back early. Their father sent one of his daughters to invite the stranger to his home. Bashfully, the woman approached Musa and delivered the message. "My father is grateful for what you have done for us. He invites you to our home so that he may thank you personally."

Musa welcomed this invitation and accompanied the maiden to her father. Musa could see that they lived comfortably as a happy and peaceful household. He introduced himself and told the old man about the misfortune that he had befallen him and had compelled him to flee from Egypt.

Musa's gentle behavior was noticed by the father and his daughters.

One of the daughters suggested to her father to hire Musa, as he was strong and trustworthy. They needed someone like him, especially at the water hole, which was visited by ruffians.

The father asked her how she could be sure of his trustworthiness in such a short time. She replied: "When I bade him to follow me to our home, he insisted that I walk behind him so he would not observe my form".

The old man was pleased to hear this. He approached Musa and said: "I wish to marry you to one of my daughters on condition that you agree to work for me for a period of eight years."

This offer suited Musa , for being a stranger in this country, he would soon have to search for shelter, and work.

At the end of the apponited time,Musa married the Midianite's daughter.



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