We have already covered three women in the life of Musa AS viz. His mother, sister and Asiyah. Today we will look at the fourth, and that is his wife. We know about the incident between the man from Bani Israel and the Coptic and how Musa AS had helped the man and how...

We have thus covered two women related to Musa AS i.e. his Mother and his Sister and we have learned some wonderful lessons and characteristics which they displayed. Today we will take a look at Asiyah, the wife of Firoun. Musa AS was handed this particular fate of...

فَٱلْتَقَطَهُۥٓ ءَالُ فِرْعَوْنَ لِيَكُونَ لَهُمْ عَدُوًّا وَحَزَنًا “Firoun’s household picked him up – later to become an enemy and a source of grief for them… [Al Qasas 28: 8] وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍ لِّى وَلَكَ ۖ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن...

وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَـٰرِغًا ۖ إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِى بِهِۦ لَوْلَآ أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ “The next day, Musa AS’s mother felt a void in her heart (faarighan) – if We had not strengthened (rabatna) it to make her...

Having given birth, Umme Musa attempted to conceal his birth, racked by the fear of seeing her little one subjected to the same fate that hundreds of innocent baby boys had already witnessed. But how could she conceal the birth of her son when Firoun’s regime and his...