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78 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

that, yet most of them are not believers. (Surat ash-Shu'ara', 188-190)
The people of the Thicket were also wrongdoers. We took revenge
on them as well. They are both beside a well-beaten track. (Surat al-
Hijr, 78-79)

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET MUSA (AS)
AND THE PROPHET HARUN (AS)
We recite to you with truth some news of Musa and Pharaoh for peo-
ple who believe. (Surat al-Qasas, 3)
The Tribe of Israel in Egypt
We recite to you with truth some news of Musa and Pharaoh for peo-
ple who believe. Pharaoh exalted himself arrogantly in the land and
divided its people into camps, oppressing one group of them by
slaughtering their sons and letting their women live. He was one of the
corrupters. We desired to show kindness to those who were oppressed
in the land and to make them leaders and make them inheritors and
establish them firmly in the land and to show Pharaoh and Haman
and their troops the very thing that they were fearing from them.
(Surat al-Qasas, 3-6)
The Birth of the Prophet Musa (as) and Allah's Promise
We revealed to Musa's mother, 'Suckle him and then when you fear
for him cast him into the sea. Do not fear or grieve; We will return him
to you and make him one of the Messengers.' The family of Pharaoh
picked him up so that he might be an enemy and a source of grief to
them. Certainly Pharaoh and Haman and their troops were in the
wrong. The wife of Pharaoh said, 'A source of delight for me and for
you; do not kill him. It may well be that he will be of use to us or per-
haps we could adopt him as a son.' They were not aware. Musa's
mother felt a great emptiness in her heart and she almost gave him
away; only We fortified her heart so that she would be one of the be-
lievers. She said to his sister, 'Go after him.' And she kept an eye on
him from afar and they were not aware. And We had before forbidden
foster-mothers for him, so she said: Shall I show you a household who
will rear him for you and take care of him? That is how We returned