Story Night By Nouman Ali Khan

Story Night by Nouman Ali Khan-Musa(AS) story 

Part 1: Story Night by Nouman Ali Khan-Musa(AS) story

***********Introduction*************

-The story started with a tyrant ruler,Firawn, who destroys the weak community by killing all the male BABIES. He was killing the male babies because of the dream that he had - that a baby from the particular weak community will destroy and conquer his kingdom. 

-And, how will his dream come true because eventually, Musa(AS) will save his community & destroy the tyrant rule. - (This a most happening and typical scene that anyone wants to watch in a movie or drama series.)

- Musa(AS) is from a shia group- not the group that we are thinking now. Shia means simply a group that is AFRAID of another group. 

- So, when Firawn wanted to kill the male babies from that community, he made the community weak by not allowing them to interact with other groups. When, they became weak, he started the execution of male babies. 

Interestingly, EVEN the modernists are doing this now when they want to destroy a particular society/nation. 

-Musa (AS) story is talked about in Surah Qasas. 

******Some Interesting Gems Of The Story******

Musa's(AS) MOTHER:

Musa(as)'s mother was given a inspiration from Allah to 

1) Provide Milk

-Nobody in that situation ( male babies were being executed by the soldiers at that scene-outside her house), will be even thinking to provide milk. 

-And, this is especially APPLICABLE for the mothers.- But, there is wisdom behind it : 

-A baby after it is given the milk, what it will do? . It will go back to sleep and thus, it will not cry. Due to this, the soldiers will not KNOW there is a baby in the house.

2)To Throw The Baby in the river

Who in the right mind will think about that? -

SubhanAllah, this is indeed a divine inspiration from Allah. 

3)Asking Musa's elder sister to follow Musa(AS) 

- Musa's mother was able to compose herself, and asked THE ELDER sister to see what has happened to Musa(AS).

*This shows that inspiration from Allah is not limited to prophets. Sometime, even normal people can have inspirations from Allah. One of the example is Musa's (AS) mother.

The Musa(as) as a baby was thrown in the river by his mother because she had no choice as the soldiers were executing the babies(just outside her house)...

-However, it is also known as that the river was secured by the soldiers. Musa(AS) as a baby escaped all of those SECURITY CHECKS and landed to Firawn’s wife who was in the palace.

-Musa(AS) landed on the most secured place that anyone could imagine. 

The police chiefs/soldiers wanted to execute Musa(AS) as a baby .

 Why?

1) It is a SHAME for them

- The presence of him will remind them that they did not do their job well. 

2) RACISM

- Musa(AS) was from Israel while, the soldiers were from Egypt.

-Egyptians at that point of time disliked the Israelites and they were very racist towards them. The reason is that Israelites were slaves to them.

And, racism exist even today. We, Muslims are also racist towards each other. We tend to look down at people who have lower financial background,darker skin colour etc. 

Since, Musa(AS) was liked by the Firawn’s wife, (Asiya(RA)), he will be their ADOPTED kid.  

-This means that soldiers have to give royal respect to Musa(AS), and that is intolerable to them.

HOW did they know Musa(AS) from Israel?

-Israelites are lighter in skin tone compared to the Egyptians. And, that is how they used to differentiate each other.

-Hence, when Musa(AS) as a baby landed to Asiya(as), everyone knew that he is from Israel.

The process of Musa(AS) being ADOPTED...

-Musa(AS) gave happiness, coolness to Firawn’s wife, Asiya(RA), from the moment that he landed on her arms.

-The soldiers were not even able to talk to her as they were afraid of her. She was in a high authority which anyone could imagine.

-She brought the baby to Firawn. Firawn was discussing with all the soldiers on how to execute more babies. And, that is when she brought the baby- SubhanAllah.

-She placed the baby in front of Firawn, and said something like “ Look at him , how cute is he?”. The moment, she said that,even Firawn’s heart softened and he started to play with him.

-While , Firawn was playing with Musa(AS) as a baby, then Asiya(RA) started to ask him for favours.

1)He can be servant to us, so can we keep him

-Firawn did not answer and he CONTINUED playing with the baby

2) He can be a coolness to me and your eyes, so can we ADOPT him as our son

- Firawn did not answer, and CONTINUED playing with the baby

-And, we all know that, silence means acceptance. And, imagine the shock that the soliders, police chiefs were facing now.

Learning Point by Brother Nouman Ali Khan:

Even a rock heart can be softened by babies, and the best example is the scene described above

How did Musa(AS) landed with his mother again?

-Allah (SWT) made it haram for him to drink any other milk than his own mother's . 

-Its like the moment that he drank milk from his mother, Allah(SWT) installed a programme in his brain not to drink anyone's milk.

-And, since Musa (AS) is with Firawn’s wife,Asiya(RA), who is not his own mother, she was not able to give milk to him. 

-And, she is frantically trying to give milk to Musa(AS). But,he is refusing to drink milk from anyone.

- She is calling out the people for help

-Remember, the part where Musa’s(AS) SISTER was instructed by the mother to follow him. She is at the outside the palace now.

-She is in the scene and she heard that Asiya(RA) needs SOMEONE who can give milk to her baby brother.

-SubhanAllah, look at the wisdom of her speech, she goes to them and say “ I know SOMEONE, who can provide you help in providing milk”. And, she gives the direction of her own house. She does not even say that it is her own house or Musa’ (AS) is her brother or the lady in the house is Musa (AS)’s mother.

-And, from there, Musa (AS) is being re-bonded with his biological FAMILY.

Musa's (AS) sister:

1) She was instructed by her mother to follow Musa(AS) ONLY ONCE. 

- This does not happens nowadays.

-Mothers have to keep on calling their daughters for help if they want to get something done.

-We, as daughters/sons have to respect our mothers more. When, our mother asked us something, we should do it straight away instead of making them to remind us so many times.

2) Quality of being Independent:

-Look at the way Musa's (AS) mother do not need to give so many advices or instructions to Musa's sister. 

-She knows exactly what she is doing even at that young age.

-This is something that we are lacking now; the mothers nowadays are so choosy, over protective towards their children that they are not being independent to face the real world.. 

FUNNY Parenting Technique Story told by Nouman Ali Khan:

There were three ethnicity mothers with their sons in the playground SLIDE.

 One is an Arab mother, another one is Asian mother (particularly Pakistani/Indian/Bangladeshi), and another one is an European mother.

Each of them is having a son who is around 2-3 years old.

1) Arab Mother

-She is eating an ice-cream.

-While, her son is climbing the playground SLIDE which has at least 12 levels (it is not suitable for his age), and he reaches the top.

- Now he looks at the stairs and slide. And, he has two options for him, either jump from the stairs or use the slide. And, he chooses to jump from the stairs.

-He falls hard to the ground. And, the mother is watching everything, but she ,continues to eat her ice-cream.

-And, the son, now stands up and rubs his shoulder, and tells himself that he should do it again, and he climbs the stairs of slide again

2) Asian Mother

- Her son goes to the same playground slide which has at least 12 levels (it is not suitable for his age), and the moment that he climbed the first two stairs.

-The mother comes running towards him and says” how dare you climb here, this is not good for you” and she pulls him away. 

3) European MOTHER.

- She is reading some news-papers. 

While, her son is climbing the playground slide which has at least 12 levels (it is not suitable for his age), and he reaches the top

- Then, now he looks at the stairs , and slide. And, he has two options for him, either jump from the stairs or use the slide. And, he chooses to jump from the stairs.

-He falls hard to the ground too. And, now he is feeling very painful to stand up and he just sit down there.

-The mother is watching everything and she comes towards him and asking him “ Are you feeling very painful from falling down?”

-The son nods his head.

-Then, she says “Do you want to talk about it ?”.(LOL)

The moral of the story:

-Be a parent who is in the middle path.

-Do not be over protective,

-And, do not be a parent who let their children to do everything.  

In Quran, Musa(AS) childhood years are not elaborated much and it is being fast forward to his teenage years. **This is how, even in movies the characters are being shown. Quran only talks about the interesting/important years of the individuals.

Musa(AS) was a

-Strong Person. He was even described as someone who is as strong as the wood.

-He is rich because as he was the adopted son of Firawn.

However, he was described as someone who do everything in Ihsaan, in excellence. He will go to Israel at mid-day( where everyone are sleeping/taking short nap/rest) and he will help the needy ones. He needs to do it privately because, he was the son of Firawn who was Egyptian and Firawn ordered to oppress the Israelites.

*When, we think of a teenager who is rich and strong, we will think that they are spoilt children. And, most of the times, that is what is happening, and this kind of teenagers will be partying etc.

-However, it is a lesson for the teenagers who are well-to-do and have healthy body to help out the needy ones and have high aspiration like Musa(AS), and do everything in excellence.

-Do not over depend on your parents.

Musa(AS) turning point:

-We have learnt that he is as strong as wood and he helps the needy ones in mid-day.

-So, once he was walking on the streets of Israel, and he saw a Egyptian soldier beating an Israel man.

-Musa(AS) wanted to save this man, and he rush towards the scene and punches the soldier.

-And, he is so strong that the soldier died right away.

-The moment he realised that the soldier died, he says “This is from Shaytaan”.

-And, the Israel man who he was helping was not a good man and he exposed Musa (AS) to the crowd that he is the killer.

-And, the other Egyptian soldiers in the crowd also heard the commotion.

Plot Of Egyptian Authorities:

-Remember, that the Egyptian authorities do not like Musa (AS) and this is their perfect chance for them to do the revenge.

- The authority commands the soldiers to kill him anywhere where he can find. And, they did not even discuss this issue with Firawn.

- One of the police chief in that gathering was Musa's(AS) friend.

-And, the chief conveys the news to Musa(AS) and asked him to fled somewhere.

-And, this is when Musa(AS) fled from Egypt.

Madyan:

-Musa(AS) fled from Egypt to Madyan by travelling in a desert.

-After, he travelled to Madyan, he takes shelter in a tree which is beside a river. And, he drinks water from that river.

And, the rest of the story continues here…

Moses noticed a band of shepherds watering their sheep. He went to the spring, where he saw two young women preventing their sheep from mixing with the others.
Moses sensed that the women were in need of help. Forgetting his thirst, he drew nearer to them and asked if he could help them in any way.
The older sister said: "We are waiting until the shepherds finish watering their sheep, then we will water ours."
Moses asked again: "Why are you waiting?"
The younger one: "We cannot push men."
Moses was surprised that women were shepherding, as only men were supposed to do it. It is hard and tiresome work, and one needs to be on the alert. Moses asked: "Why are you shepherding?"
The younger sister said: "Our father is an old man; his health is too poor for him to go outdoors for pasturing sheep."
Moses (pbuh) said: "I will water the sheep for you."
When Moses approached the water, he saw that the shepherds had put over the mouth of the spring an immense rock that could only be moved by ten men. Moses embraced the rock and lifted it out of the spring's mouth, the veins of his neck and hands standing out as he did so. Moses was certainly strong. He watered their sheep and put the rock back in its place.
He returned to sit in the shade of the tree. At this moment he realized that he had forgotten to drink. His stomach was sunken because of hunger.
Almighty Allah described this event: And when he arrived at the water of Midian (Midyan) he found there a group of men watering their flocks, and besides them he found two women who were keeping back their flocks. He said: "What is the matter with you?" They said: "We cannot water (our flocks) until the shepherds take their flocks. And our father is a very old man."
So he watered their flocks for them, then he turned back to shade, and said: "My Lord! Truly, I am in need of whatever good that You bestow on me!" (Ch 28:22-24 Quran)
The young ladies returned home earlier than usual, which surprised their father. They related the incident at the spring which was the reason that they were back early. Their father sent one of his daughters to invite the stranger to his home. Bashfully, the woman approached Moses and delivered the message. "My father is grateful for what you have done for us. He invites you to our home so that he may thank you personally."
Moses welcomed this invitation and accompanied the maiden to her father. Moses could see that they lived comfortably as a happy and peaceful household. He introduced himself and told the old man about the misfortune that he had befallen him and had compelled him to flee from Egypt. The old man comforted him: "Fear not, you have escaped from the wrong-doers."
Moses's gentle behavior was noticed by the father and his daughters. The king man invited him to stay with them. Moses felt at home with this happy household, for they were friendly and feared Allah.
One of the daughters suggested to her father that he employ Moses, as he was strong and trustworthy. They needed someone like him, especially at the water hole, which was visited by ruffians.
The father asked her how she could be sure of his trustworthiness in such a short time. She replied: "When I bade him to follow me to our home, he insisted that I walk behind him so he would not observe my form (to avoid sexual attraction)."
The old man was pleased to hear this. He approached Moses and said: "I wish to marry you toone omy daughters on condition that you agree to work for me for a period of eight years."
This offer suited Moses well, for being a stranger in this country, he would soon have to search for shelter, and work. Moses married the Midianite's daughter and looked after the old man's animals for ten long years.

Almighty Allah recounted: Then there came to him one of the two women, walking shyly. She said: "Verily, my father calls you that he may reward you for having watered our flocks for us." So when he came to him and narrated the story, he said; "Fear you not. You have escaped from the people who are Zalimeen (polytheists, disbelievers, and wrong-doers)." And said one of them (the two women): "O my father! Hire him! Verily, the best of men for you to hire is the strong, the trustworthy." He said: "I intend to wed one of these two daughters of mine to you, on condition that you serve me for eight years, but if you complete ten years, it will be a favour from you. But I intend not to place you under a difficulty. If Allah wills, you will find me one of the righteous." He (Moses) said: "That is settled between me and you whichever of the two terms I fulfil, there will be no injustice to me, and Allah is Surety over what we say." ( Ch 28:25-28 Quran)

Learning Points by Brother Nouman Ali Khan:
-This is first time, Musa (AS) travelling and he is using desert to travel to Madyan.

-He does not even know the directions. SubhanAllah, Allah(SWT) providing divine GPS direction for him to travel to Madyan.

- Look at the healthy conversation between Musa(AS) and the two girls. Both, are not flirting and they are very direct.

-Look, at the way, the father is confident about his daughters conduct

(i) He let them travel to the river, though he knows the men around there are not good in character conduct. The reason is that he trust his daughters and he knows they will be modest.

(ii) He asked about Musa (AS) to his daughter

-He knows that his daughters will give correct description about someone

One of the girls is walking shyly towards Musa(AS):

1) She is now walking alone to Musa(AS) and she is feeling modest and uncomfortable to a certain extent

-We, Muslims should feel shy when we are talking to the opposite gender, and this is part of our haya, shyness.

2) She is having feeling for him. It is also obvious that the women will not feel shy towards men if they are not interested in them.

*And, even at this time, the father trust his daughter so much that he sent her alone to bring Musa(AS) to the house. He does not even send both the daughters and he only need to send one of them- look at his trust*

Father  & Daughter relationship:

-The moment, his daughter asked him whether Musa(AS) can be employed by him, he knows that his daughter is interested in Musa(AS). –Subhan’Allah.

- A father & daughter should have good relationship so that they can talk about marriage proposals.

-And, the father trusts his daughter’s verdict/choice.

Father  & Son-in-Law relationship:

-Look at the honesty of the son-in-law, and their healthy conversation.

-This should be the ideal conversation before any marriage.

-The reason is that a father knows the daughter’s preferences etc, and he will then tell this to his son-in-law who will be care-taker in future.

Advice To Young Men:

-If Musa(AS), who has no money, killed someone, no relative, and basically nothing much other than good characters and strong body is able to get married, you can also get married, stay positive .

-And, Nouman Ali Khan also clarifies that it does not mean you should kill someone now. No, but this is just encouragement, that if you are single do not worry much.

Musa(AS) powerful dua:

-Musa(AS) made a powerful dua when he was under the shade of the tree. What is the dua?

- “I will accept any goodness from you”- This shows that

1) Allah(swt) will help you and open you doors when you think that you are in lowest point of time. Allah (swt) gave him, employment, shelter and marriage proposal at just one time.

2) Do not be picky on your dua. Sometime, you will want this particular job, but Allah(swt) might not give you because it is not good for you. So, always thanks Allah and do not be picky!

Final Gems of the Surahs:

Musa- Root Word is from Egypt

-It is not Hebrew word according to the Jewish belief.

-And, the Egypt language has been forgotten and gone long time ago, so there was always confusion on what is the name of Musa(AS) and there are different names for him(AS) by different religions.

-Only, at the recent research by the historians, it was found that Musa is name which has Egyptian roots meaning that only Quran provides the correct name of Musa(AS).

Musa(AS) knows about Hajj/Mecca

When, Shuhaib(AS) stated that he wants Musa(AS) to work for his for 8 years, he used the word 8 hujjah. Hujjah means, 8 Hajj. And, we all know that Hajj only takes place once a year. This means that Musa(AS) is aware of Haj & Kabbah.

Wrong Belief By Jews:

Jews have a belief that your ethnicity etc. comes from mother and not the father. So, for example, your mother is Indian and your father is Pakistani, according to the Jewish system, you are actually Indian. And, this how their system works.

However, brother Nouman Ali Khan points out that during his conversation with Jewish Rabbi, he said if their system is correct, then it means, the Jews are not Israelites but Arabs. The reason is that Musa(AS) is from Israelites while his wife is from Madyan (Arab), then the they should not call themselves anymore as children of Israel/Bani Israel but children of Arab. However, the Jewish Rabbi could not answer this and not accept this.

This shows that our system of belief is valid.

Interesting Analogy of Surah Yusof and Surah Qasas(which talks about Musa(AS)):

 

No	Surah Yusuf	Surah Qasas (which talks about Musa(AS)):
1.	It begins by illustrating with FATHER’s LOVE	It begins by illustrating with MOTHER’s LOVE
2.	The father was AFRAID of his separation with his son.	The mother was AFRAID of her separation with her son.
3.	The father & son were SEPERATED for many years. -When Yusuf (AS) was captured to Egypt as a slave.	The mother & son were SEPERATED for some time. -During Musa(AS) journey to the palace etc.
4.	SIBLINGS were the cause of separation between the father & son	SIBLING was the cause of reunion between the mother & son
5.	The major turning point was in a WELL (WATER). -The siblings threw him in the river.	The major turning point was in the river (WATER). -The mother threw him in the river by placing him on the basket.
6.	He was taken into the PALACE. -As a slave	He was taken into the Firawn PALACE.
7.	The husband (also known as man of the household) had a STRONG LOVE TOWARDS HIM ON THE FIRST LOOK -Thus, BROUGHT HIM INTO THE HOUSE	The wife (Asiya (AS)) has a STRONG LOVE TOWARDS HIM ON THE FIRST LOOK -Thus, BROUGHT HIM INTO THE HOUSE
8.	Husband suggested to his wife with an idea that they should treat him either as 1) SLAVE 2) SON	Wife suggested to her husband with an idea that they should treat him either as 1) SLAVE 2) SON
9.	He was treated as a SERVANT	He was treated as a SON.
10.	He was SEPERATED from the FATHER.	He was SEPERATED from the MOTHER. -In turn, Allah gave him a new mother, Asiya (AS).
11.	Teenage years, he was blessed with 1) WISDOM 2) BEAUTY	Teenage years, he was blessed with 1) WISDOM 2) BEAUTY 3) Strength
12.	Fitnah from INDOORS. -It is in his household	Fitnah from his OUTDOORS. -The streets of Israel.
13.	INNOCENT for the crime (fornication/rape) that he was alleged. -But he WENT TO THE JAIL.	GUILTY for the crime (murder) that he was alleged. -But, he DID NOT GO TO THE JAIL.
14.	He was in the EGYPT ONCE. -In the prison.	He was in the EGYPT ONCE. -In the palace.
15.	HE CAME BACK TO EGYPT from the prison in order to save the people from drought	HE CAME BACK TO EGYPT in order to destroy the kingdom of Firawn.
16.	INITIALLY he was OUTSIDE of Egypt -but then goes back again.	INITIALLY he was INSIDE of Egypt -but then goes outside of the Egypt after destroying the Firawn Kingdom
17.	It shows, how a MAN & WOMAN should NOT INTERACT	It shows, how a MAN & WOMAN should INTERACT