Pearls from the Qur’an (16) Moses and Aaron

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Moses and Aaron

The Wife of the Pharaoh

And God presents the wife of the Pharaoh as an example for those who believe. She prayed: “My Lord! Build for me a home in Paradise in nearness to You, and keep and save me from the Pharaoh and his conduct; and save me from the wrongdoing people.” (at-Tahrim 66:11)

The Story of Moses with al-Khadr

(al-Kahf 18:60) (Now relate to them, O Messenger, the experience of Moses) When Moses said to his (young) attendant: “I will not give up (journeying) until I reach the junction of the two seas, though I may march on for ages.”

18.61. When they reached the junction of the two (seas), they forgot their fish, and it took its way amazingly through the sea as in an underground channel.

18.62. So when they had passed further on, Moses said to his attendant: “Bring us our morning meal; assuredly we have endured much fatigue in this journey of ours. “

18.63. He (the servant) said: “Would you believe it? When we betook ourselves to that rock for a rest, I forgot about (our cooked) fish and none but Satan caused me to forget to mention it (to you) and it took its way into the sea in an amazing way. “

18.64. He (Moses) said: “That is what we have been seeking!” So they retraced their footsteps.

18.65. And they found (there) one of Our servants to whom We had granted a mercy as a grace from Us and taught a special knowledge from Our Presence.

18.66. Moses said to him: “May I follow you so that you may teach me something of the knowledge of guidance which you have been taught?”

18.67. He said: “You will never be able to have patience with being in my company.

18.68. “How could you be patient about something that you have never encompassed in your knowledge?”

18.69. He (Moses) said: “You will find me patient, if God so wills and allows me to, and I will not disobey you in anything. “

18.70. (Al-Khadr) explained: “Well, if you go with me, do not ask me concerning anything (that I may do) until I myself make mention of it to you. “

18.71. So they set forth until, when they embarked on the boat, he (al-Khadr) made a hole in it. He (Moses) said: “Have you made a hole in it in order to drown its people (who would be using it)? You have certainly done an awful thing!”

18.72. He said: “Did I not tell you that you would never be able to bear patiently with my company?”

18.73. He (Moses) said: “Do not take me to task because I forgot, and do not overburden me in my affair (in what you ask of me). “

18.74. So they went on until, when they met a young boy, he (al-Khadr) killed him. (Moses) said: “Have you killed an innocent soul (not in lawful retaliation but) without his having killed anyone? Assuredly you have done a horrible thing!”

18.75. He said: “Did I not tell you that you would never be able to have patience with being in my company?”

18.76. (Moses) said: “If I should ever question you about anything after this, keep me no more in your company. You have already received (full) excuse from me. “

18.77. So they went on until when they came upon the people of a township, they asked its people for food, but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall which was on the verge of tumbling down, and he (al-Khadr) restored it. (Moses) said: “If you had wished, you could have taken payment for it. “

18.78. He (al-Khadr) said: “This is the parting of ways between me and you. I will tell you the meaning of what you were unable to bear patiently.

18.79. “As for the boat, it belonged to some destitute people who worked on the sea and I wished to damage it, for there was a king after them who was seizing every boat by force.

18.80. “And as for the young boy, his parents were believers, and we feared lest he should oppress them with rebellion and unbelief.

18.81. “So we wished that their Lord would grant them in his place one better than him in purity and nearer in affection (to his parents).

18.82. “And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and beneath it was a treasure belonging to them. Their father had been a righteous man. So your Lord willed that they should come of age and bring forth their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do this (any of the actions that you witnessed) of my own accord. This is the meaning of all (those events) with which you were unable to have patience. “

18.83. And they ask you (O Messenger) about Dhu’l-Qarnayn. Say: “I will recite to you a mention of him (quoting the Almighty). “

18.84. We surely established him with power in the land, and for everything (that he rightly purposed), We granted him a way (the just means appropriate to just ends).

18.85. One such way he followed …

Moses and Aaron Speaking with the Pharaoh and his Chiefs

After all those Messengers (sent to the past generations that are now all extinct), We sent Moses and his brother, Aaron, as Messengers with Our clear signs (miracles to support them) and a manifest authority (from Us), to the Pharaoh and his chiefs. But they grew arrogant (in the face of those signs), and demonstrated that they were a haughty, self-exalting people. They said: “Shall we believe in two mortals like ourselves, when their people (the people of Moses and Aaron) are serving us in humility and obedience?” (al-Mu’minun 23:45-47)

Moses and Aaron Conveying the Message to the Pharaoh

Go forth, then, the two of you, with Our miraculous signs (with which I have provided you). We will surely be with you all (you and them), listening attentively (to all that is to happen between you). (ash-Shu’ara 26:15)

Moses Speaks with the Pharaoh

(When Moses delivered his message, the Pharaoh) said: “Did we not bring you up among us (in our palace) when you were a child? And you spent many years of your life among us! Then you committed that heinous deed of yours which you did, (proving thereby that) you are indeed one of the ungrateful.” (ash-Shu’ara 26:18-19)

(The Pharaoh) said: “What (and who) is that, ‘the Lord of the worlds’?” (ash-Shu’ara 26:23)

The sorcerers threw themselves down, prostrating. (ash-Shu’ara 26:46)

When the two hosts came in view of each other, the companions of Moses said: “We are certainly overtaken!” (ash-Shu’ara 26:61)

He replied: “Certainly not. My Lord is surely with me; He will guide me (to deliverance).” (ash-Shu’ara 26:62)

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