Prophet Musa

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏
The Early Years of Prophet Musa
The ruler of Egypt, the pharoah, discriminated against the people of
Israel. He oppressed them and killed all their sons. When Musa
(alayhis Salam)was born, his mother feared that he too would be
killed. Allah sent a message to her 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 (alayhis Salam) back to
her and that Musa would become a messenger of Allah.
It was the family of the pharoah who found Musa (alayhis Salam) in the
river.The pharoah's wife wanted to keep him and ordered that he not be
killed. She thought he might be useful to them orthat they might adopt
him.
Meanwhile, Musa's mother had sent his sister to keep watch over him
from a distance. When the pharoah's wife was looking for a nurse to
feed and care for him until he grew older, the sister approached and
offered the services of her mother,without, of course, revealing her
mother's realconnection to the child. In this way he was restored to
his mother, as Allah hadpromised. And when Musa (alayhis Salam) grew
up, he was given wisdom and knowledge by Allah.
One day, when Musa (alayhis Salam) had grown up, he went into the city
and found two men fighting, one of whom wasan Egyptian, and the other
an Israelite. The Israelite asked Musa (alayhis Salam)for help and
Musa (alayhis Salam) struck the other man with his fist, thus killing
him. Musa (alayhis Salam) was horrified that he had killed a man, and
asked Allah for forgiveness, which Allah granted.
The following day Musa (alayhis Salam) again was in the city, when he
saw the same man as on the day before, involved in a fight with an
Egyptian. Musa (alayhis Salam) was angry at the hotheadedness of this
man, but was once again ready to take his side against the Egyptian,
who was the enemy of them both. But the Egyptian cried out to Musa
(alayhis Salam) that murder was not the way to settle and reform
matters. At that moment another man brought news that the authorities
were searchingfor Musa (alayhis Salam) in connection with the murder
of the previous day. And so Musa (alayhis Salam) was forced to flee.
Musa (alayhis Salam) escaped to the land of Madyan. There he came to a
watering hole where a whole tribe of men were watering their flocks.
There were two women there also whose father was too old to care for
his flocks himself. But the women were holding theirsheep back and
could not get close to the water untilthe men had finished. Musa
watered their flocks for them, then settled down in the shade, praying
that Allah would send him assistance.
One of the two women whom Musa (alayhis Salam) had helped approached
him shyly, for her father had sent for Musa (alayhis Salam) to reward
him for helping hisdaughters. When Musa (alayhis Salam) had told the
old man his story, the old man sympathized withhim. The old man
offered to marry Musa (alayhis Salam) to one of his daughters if Musa
would work for him a minimum of eight years. An agreement was reached
and Musa (alayhis Salam) stayed in the land of Madyan for the
agreed-upon time.
This part of the story of Musa can be found in al-Qur'an 28:1-28./

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