الأربعاء، 4 يناير 2012

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Women about whom the Qur'an spoke (4)
Sidqy Al Bayk

Published On: 2/1/2012 A.D. - 7/2/1433 H. Visited: 53 times

Women about whom the Qur'an spoke (4)
Significant precursors to Jesus (Peace be upon him)
If Moses (peace be upon him) was surrounded by some women who fostered and cared for him, Jesus (Peace be upon him), who was the last prophet sent to the Children of Israel, was preceded by a number of believing women about whom the Qur'an spoke.
Allah (may He be Exalted) highlighted their role which they played as a preface to the miraculous birth of Jesus (Peace be upon him), and the eminent features of their lives were focused on his birth.
7- The first was his maternal grandmother, the wife of `Imran, whose name was: Hinnah.
She was barren and desired to have a child, so she invoked Allah and became pregnant in old age.
Therefore, she vowed that the child which was in her belly shall be dedicated for the service of Jerusalem.
She anticipated that the newborn baby would be a boy, therefore she had taken a vow to put his in the service of Allah, but she delivered a girl and called her Maryam (Mary).
She had vowed to dedicate her baby without differentiating between a boy or a girl, so she had to dedicate her baby for the service of the church.
She knew that a male is more efficient to serve the church than a female, but there was no escape but to dedicate her to the church even before she grows up.
She needed someone to undertake her child from the righteous people who were responsible to administer the church affairs.
She invoked Allah for her and protected her against the cursed Satan and sought Allah's Protection for her offspring as if she was reading the future.
Allah responded to her, accepted her baby, grew her up properly, and assigned her sponsorship to the husband of her maternal aunt Zechariah (Peace be upon him) after he had balloted with the rest of the sponsors because everyone of them was keen to sponsor her, so they threw their pens into the river and the owner of the pen which preceded other pens undertook her, and that was Zechariah (Peace be upon him).
She lived in a chamber in the church that was made for worship and when she grew up, Zechariah used to visit her and whenever he entered her chamber, he found untimely fruits.
Then he asked her: Where did you get this food from? She answered: It was from Allah.
It was an honor to that girl whom the angels addressed and gave her glad tiding that Allah had chosen her to be purified and to be the best of women worldwide.
That purified and chosen woman was Mary, the mother of Jesus (Peace be upon him), righteous offspring from righteous parents.
It is enough honor for her that she was the only woman that her name was mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an and perhaps that is an honor to her also.
8- Hinnah's giving birth to her baby Mary along with the delay of her pregnancy and the honor of Allah to Mary by sending her untimely fruits affected Zechariah's heart which was full of faith and trust in Allah, and not showing despair because Allah is Able to grant him children although his wife, the sister of the wife of `Imran, was barren and despite his old age.
Therefore, he invoked Allah to grant him good offspring so as to be a rejoice for his eyes, his heir of knowledge and the knowledge of the family of Jacob.
He invoked Allah that the boy be righteous and thus Allah answered his invocation and his barren wife became pregnant.
Allah grant Zechariah a male child whom Allah called (John the Baptist) and made him a master and a Prophet.
That was the gift of Allah and thus the honor of that woman was connected by giving birth to a child in unfamiliar age.
9- The third woman was Mary, the daughter of `Imran, whose birth was an honor from Allah, her life in the church was an honor, and giving birth to her son Jesus was a miracle.
An unmarried and a pure girl came out from the church in which she dedicated herself to serve Allah and headed eastward to conceal herself from her family.
There she saw an angel in the image of a man, so she feared and sought refuge in Allah against him.
Then he told her that he was a messenger from Allah to her to give her a child; how could she have a child without marriage and she was not touched by any male?
It was the power and the will of Allah, therefore it was so easy.
Her pregnancy was a decisive matter and happened at once. She became pregnant until it was heavy, so she went to a far place and when it was the time to deliver her baby, she leaned to a palm tree while her heart was feeling pain for two matters: The pain of delivery and the pain of thinking about her situation when she meets her people after birth.
So, she wished to die and people would forget about her before reaching that would happen.
Then, aid and help came from the Knower of the unseen by causing the child to speak in his early birth hours or the angel conveyed to her some words to ease her heart and calm her down: Do not feel sad because underneath you there is a river to remove you birth pains, and there are fresh dates falling upon you if you shake the palm tree!
He taught her how to face her people in that terrible situation without speech, but by a little indication to the child and it will defend her.
A newborn child defended his mother with his tongue! By speech! A miracle after a miracle: Giving birth to a child without a father and the miracle of his speech in young age! "He ['Isâ (Jesus)] said: Verily, I am a slave of Allâh, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet." [Surat Maryam: 30].
His firm and clear speech, which they hear by their ears, acquitted the chaste and pure mother, moreover, the child told them about their servitude to god. Allah made him a Prophet and sent down to him a book.
Were the children of Israel convinced by those proofs and those miracles?!
However, cruel hearts do not believe, so they accused Mary who accompanied her son during his life, moving from a place to another for fear of tyrant rulers and soothsayers who deceived people, denied miracles, and did not believe in Zechariah, John the Baptist, and Jesus.
Thus, Jesus (peace be upon him) was surrounded by those group of righteous women whose role was connected by the miraculous birth of Jesus, glory be to Allah who supports His Messenger with miracles!

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Women about whom the Qur'an spoke (3)
Sidqy Al Bayk

Published On: 26/12/2011 A.D. - 30/1/1433 H. Visited: 148 times

From the nurses of Moses to Bilqis (the Queen of Sheba)
There are a group of righteous women whom the Glorious Qur'an spoke about their roles in protecting and caring for one of the most forbearing Messengers; he was Moses (Peace be upon him).

Five chaste women took part in his life and about whom the Glorious Qur'an spoke:
4- The first was his mother: That woman who was afflicted along with her people by the sedition of killing the male children of Israel. The Pharaoh saw a vision that a man from the Children of Israel killing the Pharaoh and destroying his kingdom.

Another version: The people of the Pharaoh heard from the Children of Israel some inherited prophecies that a man of them shall be a ruler and shall establish a state, so the Pharaoh commanded that all male babies should be slaughtered. When the mother of Moses begot him, she feared and expected that he will be butchered, thereupon Allah inspired her to suckle her boy then put it in a box and throw it in the River Nile.

It was a critical situation for a mother who feared slaughtering for her child, should she throw it with her own hand into the river?! Does not she fear for it to be drowned or crocodiles and fishes may eat it?

However, her strong faith in Allah moved her to put her trust in Allah, hence the glad tiding came to her with two matters: Allah (may He be Exalted) shall send it back to her and shall make it one of the Messengers.

The box flowed on water, and waves and currents drove it to the canal which delivers to the palace of the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh found it and the heart of his wife was attached with it, and it seemed that she had no children, therefore it was a condolence for her, moreover Allah cast the love of that boy into the heart of everyone who saw him, therefore she stood to save it of death. "Kill him not, perhaps he may be of benefit to us, or we may adopt him as a son." [Surat Al Qasas: 9].

She rejoiced that Allah (Glory be to Him) saved it of slaughtering, and the palace of the Pharaoh was opened for it to live therein forever. The worry of Moses' mother over her baby was terrible, therefore sometimes she wished to declare in public that she has a child, but Allah reinforced her to be firm and commanded her daughter (Moses' sister) to follow his tracks.

His sister saw that he refused to suckle from any other woman, then she entered and guided the wife of the Pharaoh to a nurse to suckle it and took them to her mother and when Moses saw her, it suckled from her. Since then, she became its nurse for a fee from the wife of the Pharaoh, and the promise of Allah became true at the end of the day. It lived with its mother who bore it, under the care of the Pharaoh's wife who saved it, and with the effort of its sister who worked hard to bring it back to its mother.

At that limit the role of those three women ends because they delivered Moses to security, and the Glorious Qur'an spoke once again about the wife of the Pharaoh and made her a role model for those who believed: "And Allâh has set forth an example for those who believe: the wife of Fir'aun (Pharaoh), when she said: "My Lord! Build for me a home with You in Paradise, and save me from Fir'aun (Pharaoh) and his work, and save me from the people who are Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers and disbelievers in Allâh)." [Surat At-Tahrim: 11].

That believing woman (the Pharaoh's wife) observed patience on the disbelief, oppression, and the allegation of Al Uluhiyyah (Allah's Exclusive Right to be worshipped) of the Pharaoh. She found in Moses the joy of her eye and expected that it shall be a joy of the eye for the Pharaoh, however the Pharaoh refused and said to her: "He is a joy for your eyes, but it means nothing to me."
That was true because Moses was a joy for the wife of the Pharaoh by believing in him and believed his call when he grew up.

5- There are two other women who played a great role in the life of Moses (Peace be upon him). When Moses got out afraid from Egypt, waiting for his matter about killing an Egyptian man to be exposed, he reached the water of Madyan (Midian) and there he found two women warding off their sheep from water. They were waiting to water their sheep, so Moses helped them to water their sheep before sheepherders come. Then, they departed to their father early and told him that a strong strange man helped them to water their sheep. The father admired the power of the strange man and asked their daughters to fetch the man to reward him for what he did. One of them went to him shyly and asked him to walk with her to her father. The girl wished that her father would hire that powerful guy to foster the animals and ease the girls, then he concluded an agreement with him to marry one of the two girls on one condition which was to serve the father for eight or ten years.
That wife was with him when he left the city back to his homeland and while he was walking, he went to search for fire and there he received revelation and was given the miracles of the stick and the hand. His wife and her sister played a role in one of Moses' stage of life.

6- Of the women about whom the Glorious Qur'an spoke was Bilqis.
When the dominion of Prophet Solomon was settled and reached a great extent: "Such as shall not belong to any other after me," there was a woman about whom the Qur'an spoke lengthy. She was the queen of Sheba. That queen who was given everything and had a great throne in Yemen but she and her people were worshipping the Sun. When Solomon knew these facts, he sent her a message calling her and her people to subjugate to his state: "Be you not exalted against me, but come to me as Muslims (true believers who submit to Allâh with full submission)." [Surat An-Naml: 31].

He called them to Islam to give up the sun-worship: "but come to me as Muslims (true believers who submit to Allâh with full submission)." He did not want to expand his kingdom, but he had another higher objective which was the spread of Allah's Religion.

That woman who was an idolater was a skillful politician who knew how to deal with authority men. So, she sent a valuable gift and monies to Solomon to test him: whether he was a man of authority or a man of doctrine and creed?
However, he refused that bribe and said: "Will you help me in wealth?" [Surat An-Naml: 36]. "Nay, you rejoice in your gift! * [Then Sulaimân (Solomon) said to the chief of her messengers who brought the present]: Go back to them. We verily shall come to them with hosts that they cannot resist, and we shall drive them out from there in disgrace, and they will be abased." [Surat An-Naml: 36 - 37].

That was a terrible threat forced her to go to him and there she saw her own throne which he brought before she came and added to it some modification to test her intelligence, but she neither recognized it nor admitted it but said: "(It is) as though it were the very same." [Surat An-Naml: 42].

Then he wanted to destroy the idolatry thinking in a scientific way; so he made her enter a hall which its floor was made of polished glass underneath water was running. She thought that it was a running water and in order to pass, she had to pull her garment up so as water would not wet her clothes. At that moment, she realized that there are things which the eyes cannot see (like the polished glass), so she saw the water and could not see the glass. If she was worshipping the Sun because she could see it, there is Allah who created the Sun, and visions cannot grasp Him. Because of her brilliance, she understood the idea and declared her mistake, thereupon she said the words of truth and admitted that she wronged herself because she was worshipping the sun and not worshipping Allah. "She said: "My Lord! Verily, I have wronged myself, and I submit in Islâm, together with Sulaimân (Solomon) to Allâh, the Lord of the `Alamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)."" [Surat An-Naml: 44].

Hence, she moved from sun-worship to the religion of monotheism after Solomon had used with her a practical process: Used the technologies which Allah (Glory be to Him) granted.

Thus, Bilqis became a believing righteous woman and joined the group of women about whom the Qur'an spoke.
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الاثنين، 2 يناير 2012

women about whom the quran spoke

Women about whom the Qur'an spoke(1)
Sidqy Al Bayk

Published On: 20/11/2011 A.D. - 23/12/1432 H. Visited: 180 times


Allah (may He be Exalted) created Adam from clay then created all mankind from Adam and Eve (male and female).

Women are fundamental elements in the human existence and play a bigger role than men. Women carry children in their bellies, bear the pains of pregnancy and the pain of giving birth. Their effective role continues to serve food and care for children until they grow up, become powerful, and be self-sufficient.
In the Glorious Qur'an, women played a great role in directing and receiving the rulings, as they were mentioned in every field where work and reward were mentioned (for men and women) Allah (may He be Exalted) say: "Whoever works righteousness (whether male or female) while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islâmic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. Paradise in the Hereafter)." [Surat An-Nahl: 97].
Allah also says: "Verily, the Muslims (those who submit to Allâh in Islâm) men and women, the believers men and women (who believe in Islâmic Monotheism), the men and the women who are obedient (to Allâh), the men and women who are truthful (in their speech and deeds), the men and the women who are patient (in performing all the duties which Allâh has ordered and in abstaining from all that Allâh has forbidden), the men and the women who are humble (before their Lord - Allâh), the men and the women who give Sadaqât (i.e. Zakât, and alms), the men and the women who observe Saum (fast) (the obligatory fasting during the month of Ramadân, and the optional Nawâfil fasting), the men and the women who guard their chastity (from illegal sexual acts) and the men and the women who remember Allâh much with their hearts and tongues - Allâh has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise)." [Surat Al Ahzab: 35].
They take the same reward of men when doing righteous deeds, as they have the same punishment in this world and in the Hereafter.

Women are the sisters of men as the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said.

Moreover, they are addressed by every command or forbiddance that is directed to Muslims. If they have that general presence in the general speech, some of them have been mentioned especially in some Ayahs of the Glorious Qur'an.
The Glorious Qur'an spoke about some righteous or unrighteous women and the number of women about whom the Glorious Qur'an spoke is 17: Three of them were unbelievers and fourteen of them were good believing women. As for the unbelieving women, they are:
1- The wife of Nuh (Noah):
There are indirect indications about her in the saying of Allah (may He be Exalted): "So We revealed to him (saying): "Construct the ship under Our Eyes and under Our Revelation (guidance). Then, when Our Command comes, and water gushes forth from the oven, take on board of each kind two (male and female), and your family, except those thereof against whom the Word has already gone forth. And address Me not in favour of those who have done wrong. Verily, they are to be drowned." [Surat Al Mu'minun: 27].

In Allah's saying: "Except those thereof against whom the Word has already gone forth." [Surat Al Mu'minun: 27], there is a general reference to those who did not believe in the call of Noah from his own family: His wife and his son as understood from another Ayah: "Allâh sets forth an example for those who disbelieve: the wife of Nûh (Noah) and the wife of Lût (Lot). They were under two of our righteous slaves, but they both betrayed them (their husbands by rejecting their doctrine). So they [Nûh (Noah) and Lût (Lot) peace be upon them] availed them (their respective wives) not against Allâh and it was said: "Enter the Fire along with those who enter!"" [Surat At-Tahrim: 10].
So, the wife of Noah was an example for those who disbelieved. Although she was the wife of Noah, she did not open her heart to his call and followed the errors of her people and her multiple idols; thereby she betrayed her husband and his call, and deserved two types of punishment:
First, a punishment in worldly life by drowning with the drowned.
And the second is in the Hereafter by admitting her to Hell-Fire.
This situation gives us a great lesson which is: Family relationship with a prophet or pious people does not avail in the Hereafter, therefore the Messenger (peace be upon him) addressed his kins saying:
"Do, for I can avail you nothing before Allah."
So, the relatives of the Prophet (Peace be upon him) and the relatives of the Companions or the relatives of pious people and scholars do not get benefit from their relationship with good people as long as Prophet Noah did not benefit his wife and could not stop her punishment. However, if the woman is a wife of a prophet and she is good, her reward -by the will of Allah- shall be doubled. Likewise, every person has a connection with pious people will not get a benefit unless his actions are good; however if the matter reached the state of disbelief, there will be no intercession.
2- The wife of Lot:
She was another example for those who disbelieved and being a wife of a prophet did not benefit her as long as she disbelieved in his message.

In this previous Ayah, she was judged by disbelief and she was mentioned clearly in eight Ayahs in several Surahs and she was judged in these Ayahs by deserving the torment of Alalh in worldly life and she will have the same torment of her people. "They (messengers) said: "O Lût (Lot)! Verily, we are the messengers from your Lord! They shall not reach you! So travel with your family in a part of the night, and let not any of you look back; but your wife (will remain behind), verily, the punishment which will afflict them, will afflict her." [Surat Hud: 81].
The rest Ayahs did not exclude her from the torment of Allah in worldly life although Allah undertook to rescue Lot and his family. Allah (may He be Exalted) says: "So We saved him and his family, except his wife. We destined her to be of those who remained behind." [Surat An-Naml: 57].
"Except his wife, of whom We have decreed that she shall be of those who remain behind (i.e. she will be destroyed)." [Surat Al Hijr: 60].
"Then We saved him and his family, except his wife; she was of those who remained behind (in the torment)." [Surat Al A`raf: 83]. [Surat Al `Ankabut: 22].
"Except your wife: she will be of those who remain behind (i.e. she will be destroyed along with those who will be destroyed from her folk)." [Surat Al `Ankabut: 33].
"Except an old woman (his wife) among those who remained behind." [Surat Ash-Shu`ara': 171]. [Surat As-Safat: 135].

3- The wife of Abu Lahab:
She was the wife of the Prophet's uncle (`Abdul-`Uzza) who used to harm the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) physically by spreading thorns in the way of the Messenger (Peace be upon him) while he was their neighbor and a moral harm when he commanded his sons to divorce the daughters of the Prophet.
That woman was known as Um Jamil the wood carrier as described in the Glorious Qur'an. Allah singled her out along with her husband with a short Surah which is Surat Al Masad: "Perish the two hands of Abû Lahab (an uncle of the Prophet) and perish he! * His wealth and his children will not benefit him! * He will be burnt in a Fire of blazing flames! * And his wife, too, who carries wood (thorns of Sa'dân which she used to put on the way of the Prophet peace be upon him, or used to slander him). * In her neck is a twisted rope of Masad (palm fiber)." [Surat Al Masad: 1- 5].
If the wife of Noah (Peace be upon him) represents those who disbelieved in the beginning of creation, the wife of Lot represents those who disbelieved in the middle of creation, and the wife of Abu Lahab and her husband represent those who disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and harmed the Messenger (peace be upon him) in the end of creation; and she deserves her share of Hell-Fire in the Hereafter.
Furthermore, the connection of Abu Lahab with the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) will not avail him nor the good actions which he did before people, such as: Freeing the female slave which gave him the news of the birth of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his concern to protect the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) after the death of his uncle Abu Talib.
As long as those actions took place while he was non-Muslim, they shall be wasted.
Thus, we reviewed the three models of unbelieving women whom Allah mentioned in the Glorious Qur'an, and their final consequence will be punishment in the Hereafter and lessons for the heedless people.
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نساء تحدث عنهن القرآن 3

نساء تحدث عنهن القرآن (3)
صدقي البيك

تاريخ الإضافة: 31/12/2011 ميلادي - 5/2/1433 هجري زيارة: 206




نساء تحدث عنهن القرآن (3)
من حاضنات موسى إلى بلقيس
وهناك كوكبةٌ من النِّساءِ الصالحات المتعاصرات تحدث عنهنَّ القرآنُ الكريم وعن أدوارِهنَّ في حماية ورعاية أحد أولي العزم من الرسل؛ إنه موسى - عليه السلام.
فقد شارك في حياتِه خمس نسوة طاهرات عفيفات تحدث عنهنَّ القرآن:
4- أولهن أمه: تلك المرأةُ الممتحنة مع نساء قومها بمحنة ذبحِ الفرعون "رعميس" الثاني للذكورِ من بني إسرائيل، وكان قد رأى رؤيا فُسِّرت له على أنَّ رجلاً من بني إسرائيل ستكونُ على يديه نهاية ملك فرعون، أو أنَّ قوم فرعون قد سمعوا من بني إسرائيل بعضَ النبوءات التي توارثوها عن أنَّ رجلاً منهم ستكونُ لهم به دولة ومنعة، فأمر فرعون بذبحِ المواليد الذكور وإبقاء الإناث على قيدِ الحياة، وعندما ولدت موسى أمُّه خافت عليه وتوقعت أن يأتي الذبَّاحون من جندِ فرعون فيذبحوه، فأوحى الله إليها أن ترضعَ ولدَها ثم تضعه في تابوت (صندوق) وتلقي به في نهر النيل (اليم)! موقف عصيب على أمٍّ تخافُ على ابنها من الذَّبحِ بغير يدها، فتلقي به بيدِها في الماء! ألا تخشى عليه من الغرقِ أو من أن تأكلَه التماسيحُ والأسماك؟! ولكن إيمانها بالله دفعها إلى تفويضِ أمرِها وأمر ابنها إليه، وقد جاءتها البشرى في هذا الوحي بأمرين: أنَّ الله - تعالى - سيردُّه إليها، وأنه سيجعلُه من المرسلين.
وجرى الصندوقُ في الماء يتهادى، وتسوقه الأمواجُ والتيارات إلى القناةِ التي تدخل إلى قصرِ فرعون! ويعثر عليه، ويتعلق قلبُ امرأة فرعون به وينشرح صدرُها له، ويبدو أنها كانت محرومة من الولد، فكان لها سلوى وعزاء بل ألقى الله عليه المحبة منه فما رآه أحد إلا أحبه، ووقفت تدفعُ عنه الموتَ؛ ﴿ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَى أَنْ يَنْفَعَنَا أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُ وَلَدًا ﴾ [القصص : 9]، فقد قرَّتْ به عينُها، ونجاه الله - تعالى - بذلك من الذَّبح، وفتح له قصرَ فرعون ليعيشَ فيه.
وكان قلقُ أمِّ موسى على ولدِها يطغى على قلبِها حتى كادت تعلن على ملأ فرعون أنَّ لها ولدًا، ولكن ربط الله على قلبِها فثبتتْ، وكلَّفتْ ابنتَها - أخت موسى - باقتفاءِ أثر أخيها.
وتراه أخته يمتنعُ عن التقامِ أثداء المراضع، فتدخلت ودلَّتهم على من يستطيعُ إرضاعه، وأخذتهم إلى أمِّها فأقبل على ثديها، وأصبحت بذلك مرضعة له وبأجرٍ من امرأةِ فرعون، وتحقَّقَ وعدُ الله لها برده إليها في آخر النهار، الذي قذفته في أولِه في اليم، وعاش في حضنِ أمِّه التي أنجبته، وبرعاية امرأة فرعون التي أنقذته، وبسعي أخته التي عملتْ على ردِّه إلى أمه.
وعند هذا الحد ينتهي دورُ هؤلاء النسوة الثلاث اللاتي عملنَ بمشيئة الله على إيصالِ موسى إلى برِّ الأمان، وقد تحدَّثَ القرآنُ الكريم مرة أخرى عن امرأةِ فرعون، وجعلها مثلاً للذين آمنوا ﴿ وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِي عِنْدَكَ بَيْتًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ ﴾ [التحريم : 11]، هذه المرأةُ المؤمنة صبرت على كفرِ فرعون وظلمه وادعائه الألوهية، ووجدت في موسى الطفل الرضيع قرةَ عينٍ لها، وتوقعت أن يكونَ أيضًا قرة عين لفرعون، ويأبى عليها فرعون ذلك ويقول لها: "هو قرةُ عين لك، فأمَّا لي فلا حاجةَ لي فيه"! وقد كان الأمر كذلك، فقد قرَّت عينُ امرأة فرعون بموسى ودعوته.
5- وهناك امرأتان أخريان لهما دورٌ في حياة موسى - عليه السَّلام - فعندما خرج موسى من مصر خائفًا يترقَّبُ انكشافَ أمرِه في مقتلِ الرجل المصري، وصل إلى ماء مدينَ ووجد امرأتين تذودان غنمَهما عن الماء، تنتظران انتهاء الرعاة من سقي أغنامِهم، فساعدهما موسى على سقايةِ دوابهما قبل أن يأتي الرعاةُ ويستقوا، فانصرفتا إلى والدِهما الشيخ الكبير مبكرتين على غير عادتِهما في التأخرِ بالعودة إلى البيت، وعلم منهما أنَّ رجلاً غريبًا قويًّا استطاع أن يمتاحَ من البئرِ وحده، وأن يسقيَ الدَّوابَّ قبل قدوم الرعاة، وأعجب الشيخُ بقوة الرجل الغريب، وطلب من ابنتَيْه أن تستدعي الرجلَ ليكافئه الشيخُ على ما فعل، فجاءته تمشي على استحياءٍ وطلبت منه المسيرَ معها إلى أبيها، ورغبت هذه الفتاةُ إلى أبيها أن يستأجرَ هذا الشابَّ القوي الأمين لرعي المواشي وإراحةِ البنتين من ذلك، وتم الاتفاقُ بينهما على أن يتزوجَ إحدى البنتين على أن يخدمَ الشيخ ثماني سنوات أو عشرًا.
وكانت هذه الزوجةُ معه عندما سار بأهلِه عائدًا إلى بلدِه وآنس نارًا، ثم تلقى عندها الوحي بالنبوةِ والرسالة، وأُيِّد بمعجزةِ العصا واليد، ولم يكن لهذه الزوجة ولا لأختِها أكثر من هذا الدور الذي شكَّلَ مرحلةً من مراحل حياة موسى - عليه السَّلام.
6- وفي مرحلةِ استقرارِ مُلك النبي سليمان - عليه السلام - وامتداد هذا الملك إلى حدٍّ ﴿ لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ ﴾، ظهرت في السَّاحةِ امرأةٌ تحدَّثَ عنها القرآنُ وأطال الحديث، إنها ملكة سبأ "بلقيس"، تلك الملكة التي أُوتيت من كلِّ شيء ولها عرشٌ عظيم، كانت تحكمُ بلادَ اليمن "سبأ" في بيئةٍ وثنية، تعبد وقومُها الشمس، وعندما علم سليمان - عليه السلام - بهذه الحقائق أرسلَ إليها رسالةَ دعوةٍ يدعوها وقومها فيها إلى الانصياعِ لدولته: ﴿ أَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ ﴾ [النمل : 31]، وعرض عليهم الإسلامَ والتخلي عن عبادةِ الشمس: ﴿ وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ ﴾، فهو لم يكن يهدف إلى التوسعِ في السُّلطان فقط، ولكن له هدفٌ آخر أسمى؛ ذاك هو نشر الإيمانِ بالله.
وهذه المرأة التي كانت بدايتها وثنية، كانت سياسية ماهرة، تعرفُ كيف تتعامَلُ مع ذوي السلطات، فأرسلت إلى سليمانَ هديةً ثمينة، وأموالاً تختبره بها: هل هو رجل سلطان ومادة، أو رجل مبدأ وعقيدة؟
ولكنه رفضَ هذه الرشوة فقال: ﴿ أَتُمِدُّونَنِ بِمَالٍ ﴾ [النمل : 36]، ﴿ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ بِهَدِيَّتِكُمْ تَفْرَحُونَ * ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُمْ بِجُنُودٍ لَا قِبَلَ لَهُمْ بِهَا ﴾ [النمل : 36 ، 37]، وهذا تهديدٌ حازم أرغمها على الحضور، وعرض عليها عرشَها الذي استحضره قبل وصولِها، وأدخل عليه بعضَ التعديلات السريعة ليختبرَ ذكاءها، فلم تنكرْه ولم تدَّعِه، بل قالت: ﴿ كَأَنَّهُ هُوَ ﴾ [النمل : 42]، ثم اختبرها اختبارًا هامًّا ليحطمَ مفاهيمَها الوثنية بطريقةٍ علمية، فأدخلها الصَّرح، وهو بناء أرضه من زجاجٍ صقيل صاف تجري تحته المياه، فحسبته ماءً جاريًا أمامها، وظنتْ أنها سوف تخوضُ هذا المجرى المائي، فشمَّرت ثوبَها عن ساقيها لكي لا يبتل بالماء، وهنا تبيَّنَ لها أنَّ هناك موجوداتٍ لا تراها العين (الزجاج الصافي)، فقد خدعتها العينُ إذ رأت الماءَ ولم تر الزجاجَ فوقه، وإذا كانت تعبد الشمس لأنها تراها، فهناك الله الذي خلقَ الشمس ولا تدركه الأبصار، ولذكائها فهمت الفكرةَ، وهنا أعلنت خطأها، فقالت كلمةَ الحقِّ واعترفت بأنها ظلمتْ نفسَها؛ إذ كانت تعبد الشمسَ من دون الله؛ ﴿ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِي وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَانَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ ﴾ [النمل : 44]، وانتقلت بذلك من الوثنيةِ إلى دينِ التوحيد، بعد أن استعملَ سليمانُ - عليه السلام - معها طريقةً عملية، مستغلاًّ ما مكنه منه الله - تعالى - من صناعاتٍ وتقدم حضاري.
وهكذا صارت بلقيس امرأةً صالحة مؤمنة في موكبِ النِّساء المؤمنات اللاتي تحدَّثَ عنهنَّ القرآن.