Mūsā

(ʿalayhi s-salām)
[Simplified for Ages 6+]
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Today you will learn
about the life of one of
the best people that ever
lived. This was a man sent
by Allāh. You will learn
why they were sent and
what lessons we can learn
from their lives. They
were known as the
Prophets of Allāh.
The Story of
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām)
The family of Yaʿqūb (ʿalayhi s-
salām) and Yūsuf (ʿalayhi s-
salām) stayed in Egypt.
At that time, the ruler of Egypt
did not like the family of
Yaʿqūb (ʿalayhi s-salām) and
Yūsuf (ʿalayhi s-salām). The
leader of Egypt was a very evil
king. He thought that he was
Allah and he told
everyone to worship him. His
name was Fir’awn.
The Special Child
One day, some people came to
Fir’awn and told him that a
child would be born in the
family of Yaʿqūb (ʿalayhi s-
salām) who will destroy his
kingdom.
When Fir’awn heard of this he
got very angry and started
killing all the boys who would
be born in the family of
Yaʿqūb (ʿalayhi s-salām).
The Mother of Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām)
When the mother of Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) heard about
this, she became very worried
and scared. Allah wanted to
protect baby Mūsā, so He told
her to put baby Mūsā in a
basket. He then told her to put
the basket in the river.
She was of course very scared
to do this, but Allah made her
heart strong.
The King’s Palace
That same day, Fir’awn and his
wife, Āsiyah, were walking
outside the palace. They
suddenly saw basket floating
towards them. They took the
basket and opened it. To their
surprise, there was a baby boy
inside.
Fir’awn was scared that the
boy might be the one people
were warning him about. He
quickly ordered his officers to
kill the boy.
His wife Āsiyah begged Fir’awn
not kill him. She wanted to
keep the baby and make him a
son.
The Sister of Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām)
The sister of Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) was secretly following
the basket. She wanted to see
where the basket finally went.
She saw that Fir’awn had taken
the baby. When the baby
became hungry, all women in
the palace tried to give Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) milk to drink.
But he would not drink any
milk. So the sister of Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) went to the
palace and told them that she
knew a lady who will be able
to give this baby milk.
The Mother of Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām)
The people of the palace
quickly called Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām)’s mother. When she
gave Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām)
milk, he started drinking it
straight away.
Fir’awn told her to keep Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) for a few
years until he could start
eating food.
Look how Allah returned Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) back to his
mother. Sometimes we have to
trust Allah. We might think
that something is bad, but
later on it might turn out to be
good. We should always
remember that Allah is the
Most-Wise. He knows
about everything. He knows
what is good for us and what
is bad for us.
Back to the Palace
After a few years, Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) grew up and
started eating food. It was
time to go back to the palace.
When he went back, he saw
how badly his people were
treated. They would make his
people do all the hard work.
The Fight
One day, Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) was walking in the
market. He saw a man from his
family fighting someone from
the king’s family. The man
from his family asked Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) for help.
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) was
very strong. He went to help
the person and hit the other
person so hard that he died.
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) was
very upset. He only wanted to
help the person from his
family. He did not want to kill
the other person.
Everyone found out what had
happened. Everyone knew that
a person had been killed from
the king’s people.
Another Fight
The next day, Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) saw the same person
from his family fighting again.
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) realised
that he was the person who
started all the fights.
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) went to
stop them fighting. The person
who was starting the fights
was scared that Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām) will get angry at him.
So he started shouting loudly,
“Will you kill me like you killed
the person yesterday?”
Everyone heard the man say
this. Everyone found out that it
was Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām)
who killed the man. Soon, the
news had reached Fir’awn’s
palace that Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) killed the man.
Leaving Egypt
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) left
Egypt. He was scared that
Fir’awn would punish him and
kill him. He arrived in a place
called Madyan.
When he entered, he saw a
group of people giving water
to their animals. On the side,
there were two women who
were waiting. They look
worried. Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām)
went to them and asked what
was the matter? They said,
“Our father is an old man. We
cannot water the animals until
all these men go.”
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) watered
their animals for them and
went away.
Another Prophet
One of the women came back
to Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām). She
said that her father was calling
him so that he could reward
him for watering the animals.
Her father was also a Prophet.
His name was Shuʿayb (ʿalayhi
s-salām). He told Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām) not to be scared and
that he was safe now.
One of the daughters told her
father to hire Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) because he was strong
and trustworthy. He could help
out in the family. Shuʿayb
(ʿalayhi s-salām) saw that
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) was a
very good man. He asked
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) to
marry one of his daughters.
Back to Egypt
Many years later, Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām) decided to go back to
Egypt with his family.
On the way, they got lost. It
was cold and dark. Suddenly,
they saw a fire. Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām) told his family to stay
there so he could go and see
what it was?
When Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām)
went, he heard a voice saying,
“O Musa! I am your Lord.”
Allah spoke to Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) and told him that he
has been chosen to be a
Prophet.
Two Miracles
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) carried
a stick with him. He was
ordered to throw it on the
ground. When he did that, the
stick turned into a snake! Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) became
scared but Allah told him not
to worry.
Then Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām)
was told to put his hand under
his arm. When he did, his hand
started to shine.
These were two miracles Allah
gave Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām). In
the time of Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) everyone would do
magic. So Allah gave Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) a miracle
which no magician could beat.
Calling the People
Towards Allah
Allah ordered Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) to call the people
towards Allah. The people of
Fir’awn had become very bad.
They would not worship Allah
and hurt other people.
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) was
scared that the people might
kill him because he had killed
one of their people. He told
Allah about this and Allah told
him not to worry.
Going to Fir’awn
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) wanted
to go to Fir’awn to call him
towards Allah and what was
good. He asked Allah if he
could take his brother Hārūn
along with him as a helper.
Allah let Hārūn go along with
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām).
When Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām)
arrived at the palace, he was
now a Prophet. Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām) told Fir’awn about
Allah. He told him how
powerful Allah is.
The Challenge
When Fir’awn saw the stick
changing into a snake, he said
that it was magic. He
challenged Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) to try to beat all his
magicians. Fir’awn called all
the best magicians of Egypt to
compete with Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām). Fir’awn was sure that
the magicians would win.
The day of the challenge had
come. Everyone gathered to
see who would win. Fir’awn
promised the magicians a big
reward if they won.
Snakes!
The magicians asked Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) if they should
go first or if he wanted to go
first? Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām)
told them to go first.
The magicians threw their
ropes and they turned into
small snakes. Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) became a little worried.
Allah told him not to worry
because He would help him.
This was just magic. Allah had
given Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) a
miracle. A miracle is stronger
than magic.
The time for Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) to throw his stick came.
He threw his stick and it
turned into a huge snake
which ate all the small snakes
up. The small snakes were
fake. People looking thought
they were snakes but really
they weren’t.
The Magicians
When the magicians saw what
had happened, they knew that
this was not magic. It was
something special from Allah.
They all went into prostration
and said, “We believe in the
Lord of Mūsā and Hārūn.”
When Fir’awn saw this, he was
very angry. He told the
magicians that he would
punish them by cutting of their
arms and legs.
Allah protected Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām) and showed the
people the power of Allah.
Fir’awn was very angry, so he
started to treat the people of
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) even
worse.
Explaining to Fir’awn
Allah told Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) to carry on trying to call
Fir’awn towards good. Allah
told Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) to
speak kindly to Fir’awn, even
though he was so evil.
We learn that no matter how
bad someone is we should
always speak kindly. Who
could be worse than Fir’awn.
But Allah still told Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) to speak
kindly to him.
The Punishments
Even after explaining so much
to Fir’awn, he still did not
listen. Allah sent down
different types of punishments
so Fir’awn could realise and
become good again. Allah sent
down frogs, locusts, lice and
even a flood. Even after all
these punishments, Fir’awn
carried on how he was.
When a punishment would
come, the people would beg
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) to tell
Allah to take it away. They
would promise they would
become good and start
believing in Allah. They would
promise that they would stop
hurting people.
But this was all lies. Whenever
Allah would take the
punishment away, they would
become bad again.
Saving His People
Allah then told Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām) to take his people
away from Fir’awn. Allah
wanted to save his people
from the evil of Fir’awn. Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) took all of his
people with him.
When Fir’awn found out that
they had all ran away, he sent
his army to find them.
After a while, Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) and his people reached
a dead end! There was
nowhere to go! There was a
sea in front of them and a
huge army behind them. They
could hear the army running
behind them!
All the people started saying
and complaining, “We have
been caught.”
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) said,
“Never! Allah is with me and
He shall help me.”
The Stick
Allah told Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) to hit his stick on the
water. When Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) hit his stick, the water
suddenly made twelve
pathways for each family.
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām) and the
twelve families safely got to
the other side.
When Fir’awn saw what had
happened to the sea, he told
everyone, “Look how the water
has opened up for me.” He
went inside the water with his
whole army trying to catch
Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām).
When Fir’awn and his army
reached the middle of the sea,
Allah told the water to crash
down on them. The water
came crashing down and
Fir’awn and his army all
drowned.
Allah saved Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) and his people from the
evil of Fir’awn.
Lessons from the
Story of Mūsā (ʿalayhi
s-salām)
We must remember some very
important lessons from the
story of Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-salām):
 We learn that sometimes we
have to trust Allah. We might
think that something is bad,
but later on it might turn out
to be good. We should
always remember that Allah
is the Most-Wise. He knows
about everything. He knows
 what is good for us and what
is bad for us. Look how Allah
returned Mūsā (ʿalayhi s-
salām) back to his mother.
 We learn that no matter how
bad someone is we should
always speak kindly. Who
could be worse than Fir’awn.
But Allah still told Mūsā
(ʿalayhi s-salām) to speak
kindly to him.
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