Re: story of sayduna Musa, many lessons to learn!!!
Episode 9
In the name of Allah[1]](http://amrkhaled.net/‘#_ftn1/’), The All-Merciful, The Ever-Merciful. All Prayers and Peace of Allah be upon our master, the most noble Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) [2]](http://amrkhaled.net/‘#_ftn2/’).
Today’s episode is a very delicate one amongst all the huge events which Musa (AS) was experiencing.
There is just an introduction that I would like to start this episode with.
Allah picks and chooses. He chose the messengers from among the people and then chose his Five Prophets from among these messengers. These five Prophets are: Musa (AS) (Moses), Ibrahim (AS) (Abraham), ISA (AS) (Jesus), Noah (AS) and of course Prophet Muhammad (SAWS). Then He chose Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) from among these five Prophets and made him the closure of all Prophets and messengers.
He chose Maryam (AS)“Mary” from among all women.
He chose Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) and chose for him his followers. He chose us. But take care because Allah doesn’t choose anybody unless he sees something good in him. It is like going to a job interview with your CV saying that you’re good at this and that in order to work at a supreme position.
The value of today is that I want you to imagine that you will be working for Allah. So show me your CV and tell me what you’re good at. Tell me the good characters that you possess in order to make Allah choose you.
You crave for Allah to choose you for a mission, Repair of Ummah, good deeds or for supporting the weak. You desperately want him to choose you on the night of Determination and forgive all your sins.
If you really want him to choose you, you have to search for the good things inside your heart or make a contribution.
Musa (AS) made many contributions. His CV was full of situations of support for the weak people. That’s why Allah chose him for a great mission.
It all started one night at El Tor Mountain. We couldn’t film there but we filmed at a similar location in order to be able to sense the spirituality of these moments. I want you to listen carefully and to pray deeply to Allah to choose you for a great mission one day.
This is the value of today’s episode, to imagine yourself working for Allah.
Let’s go together and see Musa (AS) and find out what he made in order to make Allah dedicate him for such great mission.
We are now in the middle of the dessert. We choose to film in a similar location of El Tor Mountain in order to live the moment of the great night at which Allah spoke to Musa (AS) and confided him with his mission.
At this night Musa (AS) was together with his wife and family on their way back to Egypt from Median. The way from Median to Egypt is very long. It took him 8 days to reach Median while he was on his own, so it must have taken him around 10 to 12 days when he was accompanied with his family and cattle. For this trip, he chose a date when the moon is Full moon in order to benefit of the light during his journey in the dessert. When he approached El Tor Mountain the weather was very mild and calm. Suddenly it all changed. Dense clouds covered the moon, it became very dark, suddenly there was thunder and very strong storm took place. It got very cold and began to rain heavily. Musa (AS) and his companions got very wet. Looking towards El Tor Mountain, he saw fire right by its side. He got puzzled and couldn’t believe the existence of such great fire during such heavy rain. This is greatly recited in Surah “Taha”. He wanted to explore the source of this fire but was afraid to take his family with him because he was not sure what he might find at this location. So he ordered them to wait for him till he goes and examine this fire and try to get them a decent piece of it to warm them up and provide them with some light. He left them and went towards the fire amidst Towa Valley. To his surprise, once he reached there, he found that it got very calm, the weather was nice, there was no rain, the moon was clear and the whole surrounding was very splendid as if the whole universe was in humility for the message that was going to be transmitted to Musa (AS) at these moments. It was as if Allah wanted to tell Musa (AS) that when he was at the other location he was frightened, cold, wet and suffering of darkness and getting lost but when he came to him he found tranquility and relief and calmness. The same goes for us. On regular days, our hearts are away from Allah, we feel frightened and lost and once we enter Ramadan, everything changes and we experience calmness and relief. When our hearts get afraid, lonely and scattered, nothing heals that except Allah. Allah arranged this fierce introduction for Musa (SA) because he wanted him to get prepared for the difficult and hard mission that he wanted him to accomplish. The same thing happened to all Prophets, as they all experienced a very hard beginning for the same reason.
So back to Musa (AS), when he reached the fire location he found that the fire came from a green tree. He was astonished how the fire didn’t burn the tree or the tree didn’t demolish the fire. On the contrary, the fire was increasing. He kept approaching the fire and to his surprise, he discovered that it wasn’t fire, it was light. At this moment, he heard his name being called with a very loud voice filling the universe and telling him his that he was Allah, the one and only God and ordering him to take off his slippers cause he was in a sacred valley. Allah told him that the Day of Judgment was very near and that he chose him to deliver his message and ordered him to warship him and pray to him.
This shows how mankind is very precious to Allah and how much Allah loves all people. If he didn’t, he wouldn’t have chosen a man among them and spoke to him directly.
Allah asked Musa (AS): Do you know, Musa, why I chose you from among all the people to speak to you and to provide you with my messages? Musa answered: O’Allah, why? Allah replied: I searched among the hearts of all my creatures and didn’t find one more obedient and loving to me than yours.
Imagine this situation when Musa (AS) stood between Allah’s hands and Allah called him by his name. Do you crave to be in that position? Do you want Allah to call you by your name? This will happen in Paradise, when Allah calls everyone by his name and asks him if he’s satisfied or not? It can also happen in the world as Musa was not the only man Allah called by his name. Allah named Lady Khadijah Bint-Khuwaylid on her deathbed, when Jibril (AS) (Gabriel), asked Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) to tell her that Allah greets her and promises her a palace in Paradise. Also Allah says that he calls everyone who says dhikr.
So back to Musa (AS), Allah started his conversation with Musa (AS) by introducing himself to him telling him that he was his God and asked him 3 things: 1- Monotheism, 2- Praying, and 3-knowing that the Day of Judgment was coming. Then he asked him: What do you have in your right hand? Did he ask him that because he really didn’t know what Musa had in his right hand? He did that out of Merci in order to minimize and absorb his fear and anxiety by asking him a simple question. Then he ordered him to throw his stick. Musa (AS) threw it without hesitation or asking why. He obeyed Allah as a sign of love and trust. To his surprise, it was transformed into a snake. He got afraid and started running away. At that moment Allah called him and reassured him and asked him to come back and stop being afraid. Then Allah told him to take his stick back and not be afraid of it as it will be returned to its original estate. When Musa (AS) bent to take his stick it was still a snake but he obeyed Allah and started grabbing it. This shows the amount of trust he had in Allah and in his words. When he grabbed the stick, it was then transformed back to its original estate as Allah told him. Then Allah asked him to do another thing. Musa (AS) had a dark skin so Allah asked him to put his hand under his arm and then grab it back. Allah told him that his hand will come out fair colored without any harm or illness. So Musa (AS) was shown two miracles which made him more frightened because he couldn’t understand what was going on. At this moment Allah, The Gentle, asked him to put his hand on his heart to calm down.
The big question erupting here is what did these two miracles have to do with the story of Pharaoh? First we have to know that Allah does not show any miracles unless they are suitable for the time they are shown at. This shows that it is not enough if you have the right but you must present that right in a way that is impressive and competitive for the people you live among. At the time of Musa (AS), his people were top at doing magic so Allah showed him the miracle of the stick because this was what they were good at. This miracle was a message from Allah to Pharaoh telling him to stop his bad deeds and obey the Messenger he sent. But why was the stick transformed into a snake, not something else? The symbol of the nation which Pharaoh ruled that time was the snake, so Allah wanted to tell pharaoh that the snake that he was honoring and worshipping and holding as a symbol of his power will destroy him. He wanted him to wake up and leave this false worshipping and worship Allah, the one and only God. So the stick being transformed into a snake was not a trick but was a presentation method that was attractive, competitive and suitable for the time it was shown at.
Then if we look at the other miracle. What else were the ancient Egyptians super at, besides magic? They were super at mummifying. Mummifying means the chemical treatment of a body in order to transforming it into another condition and make it keep that condition for a long time. So Allah wanted to show Pharaoh his second miracle by showing him Musa’s hand being transformed into another condition while it is still alive and not dead and without even using any chemicals. Pharaoh was able to compete with the miracle of the stick but he avoided the miracle of the Musa’s hand because he couldn’t compete with.
This was not the only message that Allah wanted to tell Pharaoh through these miracles. The white hand that Allah made Musa (AS) show Pharaoh was known as a symbol of Peace. So Allah wanted to tell Pharaoh that he wanted to stop the Unjust and free Beni-Israel and wanted to be the only God worshipped but he was not going to do that using violence. He gave him that white hand as a symbol of peace.
The best thing in the world is when Allah chooses you to work for him like when he chose Musa (AS) for that great mission. The most terrifying is that if you’re not up to that mission he will fire you and hire somebody else to accomplish it. Allah will never choose somebody to work for him unless he loves him and unless he sees something good in him. So we have all to pray for Allah and cry and recite our good characters and try to make him hire us to work for him in order not to live in vain.
Back to Musa (SA).When Allah showed Musa (AS) these miracles, he then told him the reason why he showed them. He asked him to go to Pharaoh and tell him that he was being unjust and show him the way to Allah to worship and fear him. He also wanted Musa (AS) to tell Pharaoh to free Beni-Israel of the big prison that he captured them in and to let them follow Musa (AS) to build a new nation.
Can you imagine how Musa (AS) felt when he heard the mission he was up to? Can you imagine how huge this mission was? What’s your mission in life? To live, eat, drink, get married, etc…? Is this a life? Try to find a mission for yourself that can make you be able to be proud when you stand between the hands of Allah. If you can’t find any, pray for Allah to guide you and provide you with one.
When Musa (AS) heard his mission from Allah, he didn’t take it lightly but he confronted Allah with the problems he thought he would confront. He told Allah that he was afraid that the people would not believe him or that he would then get very annoyed of them and angry that he would loose his ability to talk in a right way, so he asked Allah to send with him Harun (AS) (Aaron), his brother. Musa (AS) was also afraid he might get killed because they want to have revenge from him in Egypt.
See how Allah gave Musa (AS) the space and freedom to present his problems? So every parent and every leader should give his children and followers the space and freedom to speak about their problems, ideas, fears,…etc.
Allah didn’t just listen to Musa (AS) but he also reassured him and told him that he will be with both of them (Musa and his Brother Harun), seeing and hearing what was happening. He told him he wanted both of them to go to Pharaoh and tell him they were the messengers of his God and that he had to send Beni-Israel with them and not torture them and ordered him to show him the miracles of Allah. Allah also ordered Musa (AS) to deliver to Pharaoh his message of peace.
Then Musa (AS) prayed for Allah and asked him to enable him to accomplish that mission and to make it easy for him and to provide him with a fluent tongue so that he would be convincing to the people he was going to speak to. He also asked Allah to provide him with an assistant from his family, namely Harun(AS), his brother to support and back him.
Allah accepted his prayers and provided him with what he asked for. Then Allah started to assure Musa (AS) by telling him his life story starting from where his mother put him in the cascade and threw him in the river Nile, in order to show him that he was always there for him and protecting him.
Allah never abandons those who work for him. He supports and protects them and provides them with all what they need.
Read Surah Ta-Ha tonight and live with the story.
Translated by: The English Convoy – Dar al-Tarjama
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[1]](http://amrkhaled.net/‘#_ftnref1/’) The word Allah is the Arabic term for God. Although the use of the word “Allah” is most often associated with Islam, it is not used exclusively by Muslims; Arab Christians and Arabic-speaking Jews also use it to refer to the One God. The Arabic word expresses the unique characteristics of the One God more precisely than the English term. Whereas the word “Allah” has no plural form in Arabic, the English form does. Allah is the God worshipped by all Prophets, from Adam to Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad.
[2]](http://amrkhaled.net/‘#_ftnref2/’) Salla Allah alayhe Wa Salam [All Prayers and Peace of Allah be upon him]