The Stories 28:17-27
Moses pledged, “My Lord! For all Your favours upon me, I will never side with the wicked.” And so Moses became fearful, watching out in the city, when suddenly the one who sought his help the day before cried out to him again for help. Moses rebuked him, “Indeed, you are clearly a trouble-maker.” Then when Moses was about to lay his hands on their foe, the enemy said, “O Moses! Do you intend to kill me as you killed a man yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land. You do not intend to make peace!” And there came a man, rushing from the farthest end of the city. He said, “O Moses! The chiefs are actually conspiring against you to put you to death, so leave ˹the city˺. I really advise you ˹to do so˺.” So Moses left the city in a state of fear and caution, praying, “My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing people.” And as he made his way towards Midian, he said, “I trust my Lord will guide me to the right way.” When he arrived at the well of Midian, he found a group of people watering ˹their herds˺. Apart from them, he noticed two women holding back ˹their herd˺. He asked ˹them˺, “What is the problem?” They replied, “We cannot water ˹our animals˺ until the ˹other˺ shepherds are done, for our father is a very old man.” So he watered ˹their herd˺ for them, then withdrew to the shade and prayed, “My Lord! I am truly in ˹desperate˺ need of whatever provision You may have in store for me.” Then one of the two women came to him, walking bashfully. She said, “My father is inviting you so he may reward you for watering ˹our animals˺ for us.” When Moses came to him and told him his whole story, the old man said, “Have no fear! You are ˹now˺ safe from the wrongdoing people.” One of the two daughters suggested, “O my dear father! Hire him. The best man for employment is definitely the strong and trustworthy ˹one˺.” The old man proposed, “I wish to marry one of these two daughters of mine to you, provided that you stay in my service for eight years. If you complete ten, it will be ˹a favour˺ from you, but I do not wish to make it difficult for you. Allah willing, you will find me an agreeable man.”
AI Summary
This text presents the opening of Surah Al-Qasas (Chapter 28) from the Qur'an, which begins narrating the story of Moses and Pharaoh. It describes how Pharaoh oppressively ruled Egypt, dividing its people into groups and persecuting one group by slaughtering their sons and enslaving their women. The passage states that God's will was to favor the oppressed people, make them leaders and inheritors of the land, and show Pharaoh and his officials the fulfillment of what they feared, then begins to recount how God revealed to Moses's mother to nurse him and, when she feared for his safety, to cast him into the river.