VIII. MOSES

Main passages: al-A`raf 7:103-166, Yunis 10:76-92, Hud 11:96-99, al-Isra' 17:101-104, Ta Ha 20:9-97, al-Shu`ara' 26:10-40,46-66, al-Naml 27:7-14, al-Qasas 28:7-45,76-82, Ghafir 40:25-46, al-Zukhruf 43:46-56, al-Dukhan 44:17-33

  1. The Egyptians believe that there will be no messenger from God after Joseph: Ghafir 40:34
  2. Pharaoh kills the Jewish boys: al-Baqara 2:49, al-A`raf 7:127,141, Ibrahim 14:6, al-Qasas 28:4, Ghafir 40:25
  3. The fear of Moses' mother: al-Qasas 28:10
  4. Moses' mother puts him into the box: al-Qasas 28:7, Ta Ha 20:38-39
  5. Miriam, Aaron's sister: Maryam 19:28
  6. Moses' sister is to look after the little box: al-Qasas 28:11
  7. Moses' sister offers the mother of Moses as a nurse: Ta Ha 20:40, al-Qasas 28:12
  8. Moses is returned to his mother: al-Qasas 28:13, Ta Ha 20:40
  9. Pharaoh's wife supports Moses: al-Qasas 28:9
  10. Pharaoh, the enemy of Moses, has to bring him up: al-Qasas 28:8, Ta Ha 20:39, al-Shu`ara' 26:18
  11. Moses grows up: al-Qasas 28:14
  12. Moses kills one of his enemies and the consequences of this act: Ta Ha 20:40, al-Shu`ara' 26:21, al-Qasas 28:33,15-19
  13. People are out to kill Moses: al-Qasas 28:20-21, Ghafir 40:26-27
  14. Moses in Midian: Ta Ha 20:40, al-Qasas 28:22-28
  15. Midian and Shu`aib: al-A`raf 7:85-93, al-Tawba 9:70, Hud 11:84-95, al-Hijr 15:78-79, al-Hajj 22:43, al-Shu`ara' 26:176-189, al-Qasas 28:45, al-`Ankabut 29:36-37, Sad 38:13, Qaf 50:14
  16. Moses and his shepherd's staff: Ta Ha 20:17-18
  17. The burning bush: Ta Ha 20:9-10, al-Naml 27:7-8, al-Qasas 28:29-30
  18. The calling of Moses: Ibrahim 14:5, Ta Ha 20:11-16,25-36,42-46, al-Shu`ara' 26:10-17, al-Naml 27:7-12, al-Qasas 28:30-35, al-Nazi`at 79:15-19
  19. Allah gives Moses the signs that he is to perform before Pharaoh: Ta Ha 20:17-24, al-Naml 27:10-12, al-Qasas 28:31-32, al-Nazi`at 79:20
  20. Moses asks that his tongue be loosened: Ta Ha 20:25-28
  21. Aaron as the substitute of Moses: al-A`raf 7:142, Maryam 19:53, Ta Ha 20:29-36, al-Furqan 25:35, al-Shu`ara' 26:12-14, al-Qasas 28:34-35
  22. The mission regarding Pharaoh: Ta Ha 20:47-48, al-Furqan 25:36, al-Shu`ara' 26:16-17
  23. Moses and Aaron are afraid to go to Pharaoh: Ta Ha 20:45-46, al-Shu`ara' 26:12-15, al-Qasas 28:33-35
  24. Pharaoh's position and character: Yunis 10:83, Hud 11:97-99, al-Qasas 28:4,8,38, Ghafir 40:36-37, al-Dhariyat 51:40, al-Haqqa 69:9
  25. Moses before Pharaoh. The magicians: al-A`raf 7:103-126, al-Anfal 8:54, Yunis 10:76-82, Hud 11:99, al-Isra' 17:101-102, Ta Ha 20:56-59,66-71, al-Mu'minun 23:47-48, al-Naml 27:13-14, al-Zukhruf 43:46-48, al-Dhariyat 51:38-39, al-Haqqa 69:9, al-Muzammil 73:16
  26. The magicians turn away from Pharaoh: al-A`raf 7:118-126, Ta Ha 20:70-72, al-Shu`ara' 26:45-51, al-Zukhruf 43:48-51
  27. The people of Pharaoh declare the signs to be lies: Al Imran 3:11, al-Isra' 17:101, al-Naml 27:13-14, al-Qasas 28:36-37, Ghafir 40:23-24, Qaf 50:13, al-Qamar 54:41-42
  28. Pharaoh inquires about God and declares himself as such: Ta Ha 20:49-56, al-Shu`ara' 26:23-31, al-Qasas 28:38, al-Zukhruf 43:51-55, al-Nazi`at 79:24
  29. Pharaoh reproaches Moses for his ingratitude. Moses' response: al-Shu`ara' 26:18-22
  30. Pharaoh wants to subdue the people of Moses: al-A`raf 7:127
  31. The stubbornness of the Egyptians: al-A`raf 7:134-135, Hud 11:97, al-Mu'minun 23:45-48, al-Qasas 28:36
  32. Only one tribe believes in Moses: al-A`raf 7:159, Yunis 10:83
  33. Pharaoh holds a secret council against Moses: Ta Ha 20:60-65, al-Shu`ara' 26:34-40
  34. An unknown believer wants to save Moses: Ghafir 40:28-35,38-46, al-Dukhan 44:17-22
  35. Moses' prayer: Yunis 10:88-89, al-Dukhan 44:22-24
  36. The plagues: al-A`raf 7:133-134, al-Isra' 17:101
  37. The faith of Pharaoh's wife: al-Tahrim 66:11
  38. Pharaoh, the man of the poles, wants his minister Haman to build him a tower: al-Qasas 28:6,8,38, al-`Ankabut 29:39, Sad 38:12, Ghafir 40:24,36-37, al-Fajr 89:10
  39. Moses admonishes the people to remain steadfast, but the people reproach him: al-A`raf 7:128-129, Yunis 10:84-87
  40. The people of Moses are to build themselves a Qibla in Egypt: Yunis 10:87
  41. The people of Moses are to go out of Egypt: al-Baqara 2:50, al-Isra' 17:103, Ta Ha 20:77-78, al-Shu`ara' 26:52, al-Dukhan 44:22-24
  42. The Egyptian land and the people of Moses: al-Shu`ara' 26:57-58, al-Qasas 28:6, al-Dukhan 44:25-26
  43. The destruction of the buildings of Pharaoh: al-A`raf 7:137, on Pharaoh's buildings cf. al-Qasas 28:38, Sad 38:12, Ghafir 40:36-37, al-Fajr 89:10
  44. Pharaoh assembles his people against the people of Moses: al-Shu`ara' 26:53-56
  45. The timidity of the people of Moses: al-Shu`ara' 26:61-62
  46. The passage through the sea: al-Baqara 2:50, al-A`raf 7:138, Yunis 10:90, Ta Ha 20:77, al-Shu`ara' 26:63-66, al-Dukhan 44:30-31
  47. The destruction of the Egyptians in the sea: al-Baqara 2:50, al-A`raf 7:136, al-Anfal 8:54, al-Isra' 17:103, Ta Ha 20:78, al-Shu`ara' 26:66, al-Qasas 28:40, al-`Ankabut 29:39, al-Zukhruf 43:55-56, al-Dhariyat 51:40, al-Buruj 85:17-18
  48. Pharaoh alone is saved: Yunis 10:90-92
  49. Pharaoh's punishment in the hereafter: Hud 11:98-99, al-Qasas 28:41-42, Ghafir 40:45-46, al-Nazi`at 79:25
  50. The people demand a change in food: al-Baqara 2:61
  51. Moses strikes water out of a rock: al-Baqara 2:60, al-A`raf 7:160
  52. The people receive shadow from clouds as well as Manna and Quail to eat: al-Baqara 2:57, al-A`raf 7:160, Ta Ha 20:80-81
  53. Allah's covenant with the children of Israel: al-Baqara 2:40,83-84, al-Nisa 4:154, al-Ma'ida 5:70, al-A`raf 7:169
  54. Moses and the Scriptures: al-Baqara 2:87,146-147,213, Al Imran 3:3,23, al-Nisa 4:47,136, al-Ma'ida 5:46, Hud 11:110, al-Isra' 17:2, al-Mu'minun 23:49, al-Furqan 25:35, al-Sajda 32:23, al-Saffat 37:117, Ghafir 40:53, Fussilat 41:45, al-Ahqaf 46:12
  55. The people desire to see Allah: al-Baqara 2:55-56
  56. How Allah speaks with Moses: al-Nisa 4:164, Maryam 19:52, al-Shura 42:51-53
  57. The Jews speak equivocally: al-Baqara 2:93, al-Nisa 4:46-47
  58. Allah threatens by lifting the mountain: al-Baqara 2:63,93, al-A`raf 7:171
  59. Allah takes the descendants of Israel as witnesses: al-A`raf 7:172
  60. The Ten Commandments: al-Baqara 2:40-46,83,177, al-An`am 6:151-152, al-Isra' 17:22-37, al-Mu'minun 23:1-11, al-Furqan 25:63-74, al-Ahqaf 46:10-12
  61. Moses and the 40 days of the conclusion of the covenant: al-Baqara 2:51, al-A`raf 7:142,145, Maryam 19:52, al-Qasas 28:44
  62. Allah an only God: al-Baqara 2:163,255, al-Nisa 4:48,116,171, al-Ma'ida 5:116-117, al-An`am 6:102, al-Nahl 16:51, al-Nur 24:55, al-Ikhlas 112:1-4
  63. Torah prescriptions in the Qur'an: (a) The commandment regarding the Sabbath: al-Nisa 4:154, al-A`raf 7:163,166, al-Nahl 16:124 (b) The special commandment on respecting parents: al-`Ankabut 29:8, al-Ahqaf 46:15-18 (c) The law on retribution: al-Baqara 2:178, al-Ma'ida 5:45 (d) Laws regarding food: Al Imran 3:93, al-Nisa 4:160, al-Ma'ida 5:5 (e) The interdiction of usury: al-Nisa 4:161
  64. The law to spare man's life: al-Ma'ida 5:32
  65. Scripture prophecy: al-Isra' 17:4,104
  66. The golden calf: al-Baqara 2:53-54,92, al-Nisa 4:153, al-A`raf 7:148-150, Ta Ha 20:83-85,87
  67. Aaron warns with no success: Ta Ha 20:90-91
  68. Moses returns to the people: Ta Ha 20:86
  69. Moses rebukes the people regarding the sin of the calf: al-Baqara 2:54, al-A`raf 7:151, Ta Ha 20:86
  70. Moses' anger about Aaron: Ta Ha 20:92-94, al-A`raf 7:152
  71. Moses curses Samiri: Ta Ha 20:95-97
  72. Moses lets them drink the calf: al-Baqara 2:93
  73. Allah forgives the sin of the calf: al-Baqara 2:54
  74. Moses receives the tablets anew: al-A`raf 7:154
  75. Israel imitates an idolatrous people: al-A`raf 7:138-140
  76. Moses chooses seventy men: al-A`raf 7:155-156
  77. Allah's response: al-A`raf 7:156-157
  78. The sin of the people upon entering the city: al-Baqara 2:58-59, al-A`raf 7:161-162
  79. The people is to enter the Holy Land: al-Ma'ida 5:21
  80. The people refuse. The warning of Joshua and Caleb: al-Ma'ida 5:22-24
  81. The punishment of the desert wanderers: al-Ma'ida 5:26
  82. The Sabbath transgressors: al-A`raf 7:163-166
  83. "The dwelling of truthfulness": Yunis 10:93
  84. Moses desires to see Allah: al-A`raf 7:143-144, cf. al-Baqara 2:55-57
  85. Qarun's riches and rebellion: al-Qasas 28:76, al-`Ankabut 29:39
  86. Qarun's people warn him: al-Qasas 28:76-77
  87. Qarun's response: al-Qasas 28:78
  88. Qarun's high spirits: al-Qasas 28:79-80
  89. Qarun's fall: al-Qasas 28:81, cf. al-`Ankabut 29:40
  90. The recognition of the others: al-Qasas 28:82
  91. Allah justifies Moses: al-Ahzab 33:69
  92. The sacrifice of the yellow cow: al-Baqara 2:67-70
  93. How to expiate with the yellow cow: al-Baqara 2:71-72
  94. "The hearts of the people": al-Baqara 2:73
  95. The twelve leaders: al-Ma'ida 5:12-13, cf. al-Sajda 32:24
  96. The heritage of the children of Israel: al-A`raf 7:137, cf. al-Ma'ida 5:21, al-Qasas 28:5
  97. The choice of the children of Israel: al-Baqara 2:47,122, al-Ma'ida 5:18, al-A`raf 7:137, al-Dukhan 44:32-33, al-Jathiya 45:16
  98. Moses exhorts his people in a speech: al-Ma'ida 5:20, Ibrahim 14:6-8
  99. The tribes: al-A`raf 7:160
  100. "The Suhuf of Moses": Ta Ha 20:133, al-Najm 53:36, al-A`la 87:18-19
  101. Moses in the line of the messengers of God: al-Baqara 2:136, al-An`am 6:84-86, Maryam 19:51-52
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