{"collection":"Texts of Islam","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_mos03_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_mos03_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_isl_pro_mos03_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/mos03.htm","summary":"This is an Islamic religious text, likely an excerpt from a classical tafsir (Quranic exegesis) or a prophetic biography (sira) tradition, drawing primarily on Al-Tabari, Ibn-Abbas, and Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib as authorities. It narrates Moses's flight from Egypt to Midian after killing the Coptic man, covering his barefoot journey lasting three to eight days during which he subsisted only on tree leaves, arriving so emaciated that the green of undigested vegetables was visible through his skin. The text recounts his encounter at the well of Midian \u2014 where he watered the daughters of Jethro (identified with the prophet Shu'ayb) after intervening on their behalf against stronger shepherds \u2014 and his subsequent meeting with Jethro, who shelters him and reassures him of his safety. A notably distinctive element is the emphasis on Moses's strict modesty: he insists on walking ahead of Jethro's daughter so as not to view her from behind, which the text attributes to a moment when wind exposed her skin. The excerpt also highlights Moses's moral scrupulousness around receiving payment, refusing Jethro's hospitality until assured it is customary generosity rather than wages for his deed. The narrative closely follows and expands upon Quran 28:22\u201325, with the commentary layering in hadith-based details to flesh out the psychological and physical dimensions of the story.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"The Prophets, Their Lives and Their Stories: Moses: Moses Going Out From Egypt to Midian With Fear","tradition":"Texts of Islam","translated_text":null,"word_count":1957}