Lobna Mulla – #7 Let Go and Trust God the Mother of Moses as Upheld Allah Women in the Quran
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Do you ever find it hard to let
your children out of your sight?
Either as they start school, spend days away
at a time, away from you due to
divorce,
moving away for college, work or marriage.
There are always these painful moments of letting
go.
Even when our children are living with us,
it's hard to not want to control and
protect their every move so that they don't
make mistakes or so that they don't get
hurt.
Allah has preserved for us a beautiful example
of a woman who by relinquishing her human
control, she intensified her trust in Allah Subhanahu
Wa Ta'ala.
Meet Musa.
Musa lived in Egypt and was from the
people of Bani Israel.
They were oppressed and enslaved under the tyrannical
rule of Firaun.
Ibn Abbas radiAllahu Anhu narrated that Firaun had
a dream that his entire kingdom and his
followers were burned except for the people of
Bani Israel were spared.
So he gathered his priests and magicians
and asked them about the meaning of his
vision.
They said, this means a boy will be
born of them and Fir'awn and his followers
will perish at the hands of this boy.
So that is why Fir'awn commanded that all
male babies of the children of Bani Israel
to be killed.
After some advice from his financial advisors, this
was later modified to killing male children every
other year so that he would not lose
his enslaved workforce.
SubhanAllah, this just shows you how evil Firaun
was.
Now imagine the fear that Musa lived and
especially after giving birth to a boy, baby
Musa Alayhi Salaam.
But Allah had a plan for them both.
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la says, we inspired
the mother of Musa, nurse him. But when
you fear for him, put him into the
river and do not fear or grieve. We
will certainly return him to you and make
him one of the messengers.
As soon as Musa received this divine inspiration,
she made a basket and put her most
prized possession, her newborn baby in the river
Nile.
Imagine the difficulty of letting go. But despite
the difficulty,
she trusted in Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la
that he would protect her baby and reunite
her with him. Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la
says in Surat Al Qasas, and the heart
of Musa's mother ached so much that she
almost gave away his identity.
Had we not reassured her heart in order
for her to have faith in Allah's promise.
Musa instructed her daughter to follow the basket
from afar.
After seeing that the basket reached the palace
of Firaun, Musa's daughter ran back home to
give her mother the news.
Back at the palace, Asiya Alaihi Salaam, who
was not able to have children of her
own, expressed such joy when she found the
basket and saw a beautiful baby boy.
Overwhelmed with happiness, she asked Firaoun to keep
it and he agreed.
So Asiya got what she wanted in gaining
a son and Musa got what she wanted,
an initial soothing of the heart that he
was in good hands.
Allah says, and we had caused him to
refuse all wet nurses at first. So his
sister suggested, shall I direct you to a
family who will bring him up for you
and take good care of him?
So, Musa's daughter brought Musa to the palace.
As soon as Musa picked up and nursed
her baby, Musa Alayhi Salaam immediately started taking
her milk. Fir'awn was shocked and suspicious
and asked, who are you? This child has
refused to take any other milk but yours.
If Musa were to reveal who she was,
Fir'awn would have known that the child was
from Bani Israel and would have killed Musa
Alayhi Salaam instantly.
However, Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la gave her
inner strength and she replied, I am a
woman of sweet milk and sweet smell and
no child refuses me. This answer satisfied Firaoun.
From this point, she was appointed as Musa
Alaihi Salam's wet nurse. She continued to nurse
him for a long time and even as
he grew older and was weaned, she was
allowed the privilege of visiting him. Look how
Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la not only reunited
Musa with her beloved son, but he also
ensured that he would be protected and raised
in the best of situations.
Allah says, this is how he returned him
to his mother, so that her heart would
be put at ease and not grieve, and
that she would know that Allah's promise is
always true, but most people do not know.
Musa reminds us that it is the trust
in Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta A'la that will
carry us through these difficult moments. And not
only by providing us with the physical means,
but also by providing emotional support as well.
We just need to let go and have
tuakl.