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THE PROPHET MOSES (PBUH)

THE PROPHET MOSES (PBUH)

DEPARTS FROM EGYPT

I n the Qur'an Allah relates the following event about the Prophet

Moses' (pbuh) life:

He (Moses) entered the city at a time when its inhabitants were un-
aware and found two men fighting there—one from his party and
the other from his enemy. The one from his party asked for his sup-
port against the other from his enemy. So Moses hit him, dealing
him a fatal blow. He said, "This is part of satan's handiwork. He tru-
ly is an outright and misleading enemy." (Surat al-Qasas: 15)
The above mentioned event reveals to us a situation in which the
Prophet Moses (pbuh) witnessed a fight involving a man from his own par-
ty, he sided with, smiting the other. Though he did not intend to kill him,
the man died from the blow. The Prophet Moses (pbuh) realized he erred.
The moral of this account is that, when a person is in the wrong, it is unjust
to support him simply because he is from one's own party. In the Qur'an it
is related that the Prophet Moses (pbuh) referred to his wrongful action, that
is, his assumption of the superiority of the man from his own party, as "the
satan's handiwork."
Alerted by his conscience, the Prophet Moses (pbuh) promptly
grasped that this sentiment was an evil from the influence of satan, and, ac-
cordingly, sought refuge from it in Allah and repented. In the following
verses, we read of the exemplary and conscientious approach adopted by
the Prophet Moses (pbuh):
He said, "My Lord, I have wronged myself. Forgive me." So He

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