The story of women's suffering in the time of Moses, peace be upon him
Pharaoh's torture of women in the time of Moses, peace be upon him
God mentioned to us the story of Pharaoh’s torture of the women of the Children of Israel in five questions from the Qur’an
In Surat Al-Baqarah, Surat Al-A'raf, Surat Ibrahim, Surat Al-Qasas, and Surat Ghafir
God Almighty said
And when We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who were inflicting on you a terrible torment, slaughtering your sons and sparing your women, and in that was a great trial from your Lord.
And the Almighty said
And when We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who were inflicting on you a terrible torment, killing your sons and sparing your women, and in that was a great trial from your Lord.
And God Almighty said
And when Moses said to his people, “Remember the blessings of God upon you.”
When He saved you from the people of Pharaoh, who subjected you to terrible torment, and slaughtered your sons, and spared your women, and in that was a great trial from your Lord.
And God Almighty said
Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into sects. He weakened a group of them, slaughtered their sons and let their women live. Indeed, he was one of the corruptors.
And the Almighty said
When he brought them the truth from Us, they said: They killed the sons of those who believed with him and spared their women. And the plot of the unbelievers is nothing but error.
Meaning of bad torment
That is, Pharaoh tortured the women of the son of Israel with different types of torture
Including the first type
Keeping them alive to humiliate them
Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, may God have mercy on him, said
As for the interpretation of his saying, “The torment is bad,” it means that the torment is bad for them
Some of them said the most severe punishment
If that were the meaning, it would be said that the worst torment
If someone says to us, “What is that torment that they were inflicted on, that was afflicting them?”
It was said that it is what God Almighty described in His Book. He said
They slaughter your sons and spare your women
Ibn Taymiyyah, may God have mercy on him, said
This slaughter and shame is the worst torment
Muhammad Rashid Reda, may God have mercy on him, said
Since salvation can only be from injustice or evil
He explained what he saved them from by saying, “They will inflict upon you a terrible torment.”
That they may impose upon you and seek upon you something that will distress you and humiliate you in torment
Then he explained that by saying:
They slaughter your sons and spare your women
That is, they kill the males of your offspring
They keep their females alive
To weaken and humiliate you
Leading to the cutting off of your lineage and your extermination
And in that is a great trial from your Lord
Yes, and that includes torment
And in salvation from it
In each of them is a great trial and test for you from your Lord
As he said in another verse
We tested them with good deeds and evil deeds so that they might return
Al-Tahir bin Ashour, may God have mercy on him, said
And shyness is an effect
Indicates demand for life
That is, they remain alive or ask for their lives
He was mentioned here as a reminder of the misfortunes that befell them
This modesty of females was intended to be malicious
That is, they attack their honor
There is no way to begin with the answer by virtue of captivity and slavery
So his saying comes to pass, “And let your women be ashamed.”
A metaphor for a special shyness
Therefore, he included the reference in his saying
And in that is a great trial from your Lord
Even if what is meant by modesty is apparent
When he directed his compassion to that calamity
Al-Shanqeeti, may God have mercy on him, said
God Almighty said
And when We delivered you from the people of Pharaoh, who were inflicting on you a terrible torment
They slaughter your sons and spare your women
The apparent meaning of this noble verse
It indicates that women are shy
Among the torments that Pharaoh inflicted on them
It was mentioned in another verse
Which indicates that females are a gift from God
To whomever gave them to him
It is what God Almighty says
He gives females to whomever He wishes, and He gives males to whomever He wishes
Some children remain like this
Better than all of them dying
As Al-Hudhayl said
I thanked my God after Urwa was saved
Harsh and some evil are lesser than others
And the answer to this
Even though females are a gift from God to the one who gave them to Him
They remain under the enemy's hand
He does whatever obscenity and shame he wants to them
He uses them for hard labor as a form of torture
Their death is a relief from this torment
The Arabs wished for the death of females
For fear of such
Abu Zahra, may God have mercy on him, said
And the Almighty said
And let your women live
To ask for the lives and survival of their women
There is no desire for the same revival
Rather, let them be slaves in their homes
And enjoy their beauty
It is an outrageous injustice known only to Pharaoh and others like him
We also saw one of them at this time
Keeping women alive
It is to torture and oppress men
It is one of the worst torments
Images of torture appear to us based on what the people of interpretation have mentioned
They are used while sleeping
And assaulting their honor
And conquer their men
The second type is killing their children
This is a kind of torment that is more severe than the first on a woman’s psyche
This is the child she carried in her womb for nine months
She endured the hardships of pregnancy and the pain of labor and childbirth
When I was happy with his birth
Pharaoh's soldiers come to kill him
What will be the psychological state of this bereaved mother?
How long will this pain and brokenness continue for the mother?
The third type
Anxiety and psychological disorder
This is a type of torment that women went through in the time of Moses, peace be upon him
It is anxiety and psychological disturbance every time she gets pregnant
She doesn't know
Will her baby be a boy and will he be killed?
A female mother will be left to be insulted and humiliated when she reaches puberty
This torment continues with her for nine months of anxiety, fear and turmoil
She doesn't know how to hide her pregnancy
She does not know how to protect her fetus
She does not know what the fate of this pregnancy will be
And how will the end be?
Have you seen such suffering that women go through today?
We will continue in an upcoming meeting, God willing
Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds
The story of women's suffering in the time of Moses, peace be upon him