Chapter 5 · Section 12

Prophet Musa (Moses)

موسى عليه السلام

Questions about Prophet Musa (Moses), peace be upon him, and his story in the Quran.

72 answers from the Quran and Sunnah, reviewed by Professor Khaled Al-Houli

All 72 questions

  1. Why Did Allah Order the Children of Israel to Slaughter the Cow in Surah Al-Baqarah?
  2. What Is the Lineage of Allah’s Prophet Moses (PBUH)?
  3. Why Did Moses’s Mother Fear for Her Son That She Threw Him in the River?
  4. Who Got Moses (PBUH) From the River?
  5. The Quran Often Talks About the Children of Israel and Moses’s People. Is This Racism Against the Children of Israel?
  6. Why Did Pharaoh Not Kill Baby Moses (PBUH) When His Men Found Him in the Basket?
  7. How Did the Mother of Moses Endure the Pain of Losing Her Child?
  8. How Did Allah Cause Moses’s Mother to Get Her Child Back and Nurse Him?
  9. When Moses (PBUH) Grew Up, Why Did He Run Away Out of Egypt?
  10. Did Allah Almighty Forgive Moses (PBUH) for the Crime He Committed?
  11. Where Did Moses (PBUH) Go After He Left Egypt?
  12. What Happened to Moses (PBUH) Upon Arriving in Midian, and How Did That Affect His Social Life?
  13. What Was the Dua Moses Made That Changed His Life?
  14. How Many Years Did Moses (PBUH) Stay With His Family in Midian, Serving His Wife’s Father?
  15. Where and How Did Allah Speak to Moses (PBUH) the First Time?
  16. What Did Allah Almighty Say to Moses (PBUH) at Mount Tur, and What Was the Message He Asked Him to Convey?
  17. What Were the Miracles (Signs) Granted to Moses (PBUH)?
  18. What Was Allah’s First Mission for Moses After Naming Him a Prophet?
  19. What Was Moses’s (PBUH) Reaction to the First Assignment He Was Given as a Messenger of Allah?
  20. What Is the Meaning Behind the Supplication of Moses (PBUH)?
  21. Who Is Haroun (Aaron), and Why Did Moses Ask for Him Specifically?
  22. What Is the Provision That Moses, Allah’s Interlocutor, Had While Conveying Allah’s Religion?
  23. Why Did Allah Almighty Send Moses (PBUH) to Pharaoh as His First Mission?
  24. What Was the Method Moses (PBUH) Was Ordered to Follow While Calling Pharaoh to Allah? What Do We Learn From It?
  25. What Was the Conversation Between Moses (PBUH) and Pharaoh, and What Was Its Outcome?
  26. What Signs Did Moses Show Pharaoh in Front of the Court?
  27. What Accusations Did Pharaoh Bring Against Moses (PBUH)? How Did Pharaoh’s People React?
  28. What Was the Result of the Contest Between Moses (PBUH) and the Magicians?
  29. What Was Pharaoh’s Reaction to His Biggest Loss and That of His Magicians?
  30. What Are the Magicians’ Options in the Face of Pharaoh’s Threats of Cutting, Killing, and Crucifixion?
  31. What Made the Magicians Hold Firmly to Their Belief in Allah Despite Pharaoh’s Threat?
  32. What Advice Was Given to Pharaoh to Get Rid of His Problem After Losing to Moses? What Is the Guidance in Facing This Affliction?
  33. What Were the Calamities That Befell Pharaoh and His People Successively?
  34. Who Were the Two Men Who Helped and Protected Moses (PBUH) From Pharaoh’s Oppression?
  35. Pharaoh’s Plan to Kill Moses (PBUH) and Moses’s Response
  36. How Did This Believer Defend the Prophet Moses (PBUH)? What Was Pharaoh’s Reaction?
  37. Did the Believer’s Arguments End There, or Did He Continue to Preach His People? How Did He Complete His Sermon?
  38. How Did Pharaoh Respond to the Words of the Believer, and Stop His People From Believing Moses?
  39. The Believer Reminded His People Continuously of Allah. What Does This Show, and How Did He End His Sermon?
  40. What Prayer Saved Moses and the Believer from Their Enemies’ Plots?
  41. The Salvation of Moses (PBUH) and the Children of Israel From Pharaoh’s Army, and Pharaoh’s Drowning in the Sea
  42. Why Did Allah Almighty Not Accept the Repentance of Pharaoh?
  43. After the Drowning of Pharaoh, Allah Appointed Moses (PBUH) to Speak With Him at Mount At-Tur. What Happened at That Appointment?
  44. How Did Allah Make Pharaoh’s Fate an Example for All Mankind?
  45. What Was the First Religious Violation the Children of Israel Committed After Crossing the Red Sea?
  46. Allah Commanded Moses (PBUH) and His People to Enter the Holy Land. What Was Their Response?
  47. What Was the Punishment of the Children of Israel for Not Obeying Allah’s Command to Enter the Holy Land?
  48. What Blessings Did Allah Bestow Upon the Children of Israel, Which Moses Reminded His People Of? What Was the Purpose?
  49. How Did the Children of Israel Meet the Blessings of Allah Upon Them, Which Included Manna and Quail?
  50. When the Children of Israel Asked Moses (PBUH) for Water, Allah Told Him to Strike the Rock. How Many Springs Gushed Out?
  51. Why Did Moses Ask to See Allah, and Why Was He Told He Could Not?
  52. Why Did Allah Almighty Reproach His Prophet Moses (PBUH)?
  53. In the Absence of Moses (PBUH), an Important Event Occurred Among His People. What Was It?
  54. What Was Moses’s (PBUH) Reaction When He Learned What Happened to His People at Mount Tur?
  55. How Did Moses (PBUH) Punish Al-Samiri? What Did He Do With the Calf?
  56. How Was the Repentance of the Children of Israel From This Heinous Crime?
  57. What Did Allah Command the Children of Israel to Do to Purify Themselves After Worshipping the Calf?
  58. Moses (PBUH) Chose Seventy Men From His People to Meet Allah. What Was the Reason, and What Happened There?
  59. Why Did Allah Almighty Raise Mount Tur Above the Heads of the Children of Israel?
  60. The Children of Israel Were Known for Twisting Allah’s Law. How Did They Manipulate the Prohibition on Saturday Hunting?
  61. Who Is Al-Khidr?
  62. How and Where Did Moses (PBUH) Meet Al-Khidr?
  63. What Did Moses (PBUH) Ask Al-Khidr For? What Was Al-Khidr’s Reply?
  64. What Were the Three Things Al-Khidr Did?
  65. What Was Al-Khidr’s Explanation for the Three Things He Did?
  66. What Lessons Do We Learn from Moses and Al-Khidr’s Encounter?
  67. Why Did Allah Order the Children of Israel to Slaughter a Cow?
  68. What Was the Description of the Cow the Children of Israel Were Ordered to Slaughter?
  69. Why Was the Cow Allah Ordered Slaughtered So Hard to Find?
  70. Why Does the Quran Talk So Often About the Children of Israel? Is It Racism?
  71. Why Did Pharaoh Decide to Kill Moses, and What Did He Fear?
  72. Where Did Moses’ People Get Their Food and Water While Wandering in the Desert?

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