Fear in the Quranic story of Moses The word khawf (fear) appears in the story of Moses more than any other prophet in the Quran. After accidentally killing a man, he was in fear as he exited the city. فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖ **So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, 'My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people.'** That fear would be calmed when he arrived in Madyan and informed the righteous man whose daughters he had helped his story... فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ وَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الْقَصَصَ قَالَ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ **So when he came to him and related to him the story, he said, 'Fear not. You have escaped from

For working women, confidence is paramount, enabling them to interact with the outside world, manage business affairs, and navigate professional ups and downs. Fortunately, this skill is now ingrained in every school-going girl.

Workshops are conducted and parents are counseled on empowering girls to face the outside world. However, one crucial aspect is often overlooked: modesty and dignity, inherent to a woman's nature.

Current confidence development programs, influenced by radical thinking, mistakenly equate confidence with women invading male domains, aggressively handling affairs, and dominating men in interactions. This mindset is being instilled in the younger generation.

However,

‘My father is asking for you – Her modesty was not only in the way she was walking (‘shyly’) but in her choice of words to extend the invitation. ‘My father is asking for you’, she made it clear that the invitation was from her father. She distances herself from the invitation and removes herself from the equation. Implicit in her invitation is the presence of her wali behind her - any possible whispers from shaytan of her vulnerability and a young man’s opportunity to exploit are removed just like that, by a few words. Her haya is holistic – she kept the flock back while ‘a group of men’ were watering theirs, she walked ‘shyly’ towards Musa and extended an invitation with carefully chosen w

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم On returning the favor This is a long pending reflection because I had a favor to return. Now that I have returned it by the grace of Allah, I think I should share my thoughts about this ayah. Whatever details Allah gives us in the Quranic stories have something in them, a lesson, a message. It's not only for the sake of narrating the story. Musa alayhis salam favored those two women at the well of Midian upon reaching there, without being asked for help. He watered their herd and left them without expecting anything in return. This is 'ehsan'. A very high level of good deeds. What happens next is my reason for writing this reflection. The women t

This ayat beautifully portrays the message of how to interact with opposite gender. To remember it, let's call it PPL.

PPL stands for Public, Purposeful, and Limited. Public means interactions should take place in open and appropriate settings, not in secrecy. Purposeful means there should be a clear and genuine reason for the interaction, not casual or unnecessary conversation. Limited means communication should be brief, respectful, and restricted to what is required.

The woman approached Prophet Musa (A.S), spoke only to convey a necessary message, and does not prolong the interaction.Her conduct itself reflected modesty.

This ayah has helped me become more conscious of how I comm

Bismillah.

The wife of the Azeez was not able to win over Yusuf alayhi salaam through her acts of seduction, but the girl of Madyan modestly won over Musa alayhi salaam through her haya. Real men are not deluded by the falseness of transient beauty. Rather, they are attracted to the substance of good character. Real women are modest and won't sell their haya for this dunya.

"Masculinity is responsibility enacted and femininity is trust embodied, both rooted in servitude to Allah."