Asiya, Wife of Firaun: In the Quran in Islamic History

In the Quran

In the QuranWife of Firaun

Asiyaآسية

In the time of Musa (traditional, around 1300 BCE)Traditional date, disputedEgypt

Firaun's wife, who raised Musa and chose a house with Allah in Paradise over a palace on earth.

When the baby was drawn from the river, she said: a comfort of the eye for me and for you, do not kill him. She raised Musa in the palace. Later she believed, and the Quran gives her as an example for all believers: she prayed, my Lord, build for me a house near You in Paradise, and save me from Firaun and his deeds.

What does the Quran say?

And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."
Quran 66:11

28:8-9

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 3411

What grew out of it?

The Prophet ﷺ named her among the women who reached perfection.

The lesson

Faith can live in the house of the worst tyrant.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Egypt (Misr)Musa Maryam The Mother of Musa Firaun Haman Ancient Egypt The Believer of Firaun's Family The Nile (al-Yamm)

Who lived at the same time?

Musa The Mother of Musa The Sister of Musa

Source: the Quran · Wikipedia

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.