"...Her heart became empty...”
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Background:
Pharaoh ordered that all the children of Isra'eel [the Jewish people when they were rightly guided]
have their newborn sons executed, and their
daughters kept alive as slaves.
The mother of Moses had a son, she had secretly hid
him from Pharoah and his people. Yet Allah inspired
her that when she felt fear for her son, she should (put him in a basket) and place him in the river Nile. And when she did fear for her
son's death, she placed her son into the river.
The Imagery:
Allah gives us amazing imagery of the feelings of the mother of Moses/Musa
during that moment.
وَأَصْبَحَ فُؤَادُ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰ فَارِغًا ۖ إِن كَادَتْ لَتُبْدِي بِهِ لَوْلَا أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And the heart of Moses' mother became empty [i.e. of all Tranquility]. She was about to disclose [the matter concerning] him (i.e. that it is
her son) had We not bound fast her heart that she would be of the believers.
[Qasas 28:10]
Faarigh = to become Empty.
RabaT = Tie something Extremely Tightly. (i.e. tie something so tight so that no Leaks
can seep through)
Now Imagine the Scenario:
The mother of Moses is in fear for her son. She is inspired by Allah to place
her son into the river. As she places her child
into the river, her heart starts dripping, her Tranquillity is
dripping/leaking out of her heart, into the river, as she lets go of
her son..
So Allah says that He placed a RabaT - something which Tied her
heart tightly, so the Tranquillity would stop leaking from her heart. I.e. Allah kept her heart firm, He
reassured her through inspiration, that something good would come as a result
of this in the near-future.
This child, Moses would be of the mightiest Messengers' of Allah who would come
- to free the Children of Isra'eel from slavery.
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