What Prayer Saved Moses and the Believer from Their Enemies' Plots?
ما الدعاء الذي نجّى موسى والمؤمن من مكر أعدائهما؟
The Prophet of Allah Moses, peace be upon him, sought refuge in Allah: "I seek refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant person who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning." (Ghafir 40:27)
As for the believing man, he declared his trust in Allah and entrusted his affairs to Him, so that Allah would protect him from their evil schemes.
("And I entrust my affairs to Allah. Surely Allah is All-Seeing of all His servants.") (Ghafir 40:44) ("So Allah protected him from the evil of their schemes.") (Ghafir 40:45)
نبي الله موسى عليه السلام فقد لجأ إلى الله وتعوذ به: "وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ إِنِّي عُذْتُ بِرَبِّي وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ" (غافر 40: 27)
أما الرجل المؤمن فقد أعلن توكله على الله وتفويض أموره إليه ليحكم بينه وبين قومه بالحق: "وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ" (غافر 40: 44) "فَوَقَاهُ اللَّهُ سَيِّئَاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا" (غافر 40: 45)
1. Two Different Threats, Two Different Prayers | تهديدان مختلفان، دعاءان مختلفان
Moses faced a tyrant directly threatening his life, and his prayer names the specific danger he sought refuge from, arrogant disbelief in accountability itself. The believer faced a quieter danger, a plot forming behind his back among his own people, and his response was not refuge from a named threat but total submission of the outcome to Allah's judgment. The two prayers fit their two different situations exactly.
واجه موسى طاغيةً يهدد حياته مباشرة، ويسمي دعاؤه الخطر المحدد الذي استعاذ منه، وهو الكِبر وإنكار المساءلة نفسها. أما المؤمن فواجه خطرًا أهدأ، مكرًا يُحاك خلف ظهره بين قومه، وكان رده لا استعاذةً من خطرٍ مسمى بل تسليمًا كاملًا للنتيجة لحكم الله. ويلائم كل دعاءٍ موقفه تمامًا.
2. Both Prayers Answered | إجابة الدعاءين معًا
The believer's own fuller story, his identity, his sermon defending Moses, and how his plea was answered, is covered in how this believer defended Prophet Moses, while Moses' own confrontation with Pharaoh over the same threat is covered in why Pharaoh decided to kill Moses.
قصة المؤمن الكاملة، هويته وخطبته دفاعًا عن موسى وكيف أُجيب دعاؤه، مشروحةٌ في صفحةٍ مستقلة، بينما مواجهة موسى نفسه مع فرعون بشأن التهديد ذاته مشروحةٌ في صفحةٍ أخرى.
Frequently Asked Questions | الأسئلة الشائعة
What did Moses pray when Pharaoh threatened him?
He sought refuge in Allah from every arrogant person who does not believe in the Day of Reckoning.
How did the believing man respond to his own people's plot?
He entrusted his affairs entirely to Allah, who then protected him from their scheme.