{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_mos02_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_mos02_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_mos02_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/pro/mos02.htm","summary":"This is a passage from an Islamic sacred text tradition, presenting a narrative retelling of the story of Moses drawn from Quranic verses and hadith (attributed sayings of the Prophet and Imams). The text covers the period from Moses killing an Egyptian and fleeing to Midian, through the oppression of the Israelites under Pharaoh, and up to Moses's eventual emergence as a deliverer. A distinctive feature is its heavy reliance on Shia sources \u2014 citing Imam Al-Sadiq and \"the prince of believers\" (Ali) \u2014 and extended chain-of-transmission narrations characteristic of classical Islamic tafsir and qisas al-anbiya (stories of the prophets) literature. The text makes a notably specific claim connecting Moses's story to Shia concepts of occultation (ghayba), depicting Moses as disappearing twice before his mission, with a faithful scholar figure sustaining the Israelites during these absences in a pattern that closely mirrors Shia theology about the Hidden Imam. Additional distinctive details include the treasurer of Pharaoh hiding his faith for six hundred years, Joseph's deathbed prophecy identifying Moses by name and physical description, and varying accounts of how many children were killed (20,000 vs. 70,000) drawn from different sources. Someone deciding whether to read further would find this most valuable if interested in classical Islamic narrative theology, Shia interpretive tradition, or how Moses's story is adapted to reflect distinctly Islamic theological concerns.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Moses: Going Out of Egypt to Midian","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":1887}