{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pro/mos00.htm","path":"isl/pro/mos00.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/pro/mos00.htm","text":"He is Moses ben Amram ben Waheeb ben L\u00e2wi (Levi) ben Jacob ben Isaac\nben Abraham (PUH) [Waheeb might be equivalent to the name of Kohath in\nTorah], and some said that he is Moses ben Amram ben Yas-hor ben F\u00e2hib\nben Levi ben Jacob..etc, and the mother of him and of H\u00e2run (Aaron)\nwas Yukh\u00e2bid (Jochebed), and some said that her name was Af\u00e2hiyyah.\nMoses was born in Egypt at the time of the tyrant pharaoh Al-Waleed ben\nMos`ab ben Mu`\u00e2wiyah ben Abi-Nameer ben Al-Hilw\u00e2s ben Lay\u00fe\nben Harr\u00e2n ben `Umar ben `Iml\u00e2q [I grow suspecious about such\na name for an Egyptian pharaoh but anyway this is the author's own point\nof view and his own tracing], and he was the fourth pharaoh for Egypt,\nand his age grew longer and his body grew greater and the children of Israel\nwere turned into slaves after the death of Joseph the righteous (PUH) and\nthe adversities upon them increased, and they say they were people of cattles\nand they were known as \"the shepherds\" and used to live in the desert to\nthe north of Egypt by a recommendation from Joseph (PUH), and then the\npriests and astrologers and magicians told the pharaoh that there will\nbe a child that will be born and remove his kingdom and do great things\nin the lands of Egypt, and so the pharaoh got afraid and scared and ordered\nto kill the children, and as for Moses, it was as God ordered his mother,\nto throw him into the water and so she did and it was the Nile, as it is\nmentioned in Muruj Al-\u00d0ahab (PUH), and more to come in details so just\nwait.\nThey say that the pharaoh had a dream, and saw that a great fire was\ncoming from Jerusalem and got into Egypt and burnt everything except of\nthe children of Israel, and the pharaoh was so scared so he called for\nthe priests and interpreters and they said that a man will be born among\nthe children of Israel and your end with the kingdom's end will be done\nby his hands, and so then he ordered to kill the children of Israelites.\nThey say that Moses lived for two hundred and forty years, and the time\nperiod between him and Abraham was five hundred years, and the period between\nMoses and Jesus was one thousand and eight hundred years, and the period\nbetween Abraham and Shem ben Noah was around eight hundred years, and Abraham\nlived for one hundred and seventy five years, and the total of years in\nthe period starting from Shem ben Noah until our time in this year (1971AD)\nis five thousand and three hundred years almost, and only God knows.\nIt is mentioned by the prophet (PUH): God chose from the prophets four\nfor the sword: Abraham Moses David and me, and chose from the families\nfour so He said: Lo! Allah preferred Adam and Noah and the Family of Abraham\nand the Family of 'Imran above (all His) creatures. They were descendants\none of another. Allah is Hearer, Knower(\u00c2l `Imr\u00e2n:33-34). This\nspeech will be mentioned else where by God's will with some additions later\non.\nAs mentioned by Al-S\u00e2diq (PUH) that God inspired to Moses saying:\nO Moses, do you know why I chose you from among My creation and chose you\nfor My words? He said: no my Lord, so then God inspired to him: I looked\nto earth and I found no one like you being so humble towards Me, and then\nMoses fell prostrating and put his cheeks into the ground as a humiliation\nto his Lord, so then God inspired to him: O Moses, lift up your head and\nexpand your hand to the position of your prostrating and pass over your\nface and body for it is a cure for every illness and disease and handicap.\nAnd as attributed to Al-B\u00e2qir (PUH) he said: God inspired to Moses:\ndo you know why I chose you? Then said Moses: no my Lord, so then God said:\nO Moses I looked into My servants and I did not find anyone like you in\nhumiliation for Me, O Moses, you put your cheeks into the dust when you\npray.\nIt is said that whenever Moses comes to pray he never finished unless\nhe put his cheeks into the ground, and it is not something to hide that\nprostrating on the dust and putting the forehead and the cheeks into the\nground is something allowed and adorable for us (Shiite muslims), and it\nis mentioned that it is adorable during the pray and after praying and\nwhen receiving the great gifts and when pushing back the adversities is\ndesired, and it is the prostrating position that is called \"prostration\nof praising,\" and such prostration is adorable in whatever condition for\nevery faithful believer, because the faithful man do not ever stop thinking\nabout the greatness of God from time to time and about His gifts and mercy\ntowards himself from the beginning of his life until the end: And if ye\nwould count the favour of Allah ye cannot reckon it(Al-Nahl:18). What do\nyou want me to mention about the gifts of God? Would the mind of a thoughtful\nman be able to reckon it? Whatever human being you are you are still unable\nto count them, and if it was only the gift of being alive, then that would\nbe enough for you as a great gift that can not be rewarded in exchange\neven if you would fall prostrating on live coal instead of the ground,\nand the greatest gift after being alive is the gift of being guided and\nhave faith in Him and believing in His prophets and His viceroys and obeying\nHis commands by His own guidance, and not to mention the other gifts of\napparent senses the hidden ones and that amazing expanding world. The prince\nof believers (`Ali ben Abi T\u00e2lib) (PUH) said:\nDo you claim you are a small planet And within you the great world did hide\nAnd whatever gift you might see, you can thank for it even you spent your\nlife time in one prostrating or spent your life time fasting at the daytime\nand praying at night, for the prostrating of praising in such moments is\none of the most honorable worshipping duties and the best of all offerings\nfor Him, and it is allowed as we pointed out and the Imams and the Household\nof the prophet (PUT) kept on doing it in their lives, and the people of\nthe house know better what is inside. [The last phrase is a proverb-like\nsentence in Arabic].\nIt is mentioned that Al-S\u00e2dq (PUH) was once asked about wether\nAaron or Moses died first, so he said: Aaron died before Moses, and he\nwas asked also who was older, so he said: Aaron, and Aaron had two sons,\none of them is called Shubbar and the other was called Shubair [notice:\nin Torah, Aaron is said to have four children: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar]\nand in Arabic they are called Al-Hasan and Al-Husain. It is attributed\nto the prophet (PUH) that he said: I saw Abraham and Moses and Jesus, and\nas for Moses he was a long man for they were known for their height and\nbravery with nobility and one man of them was like a lion, and as for Jesus\nhe was a red man with a curly hair, then he went silent and they said to\nhim: O prophet of God what about Abraham? He said: then look to your fellow,\nmeaning himself (PUH).","title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Moses: Musa ...","type":"page"}