The Sister of Safura, The other daughter: In the Quran in Islamic History

In the Quran

In the QuranThe other daughter

The Sister of Safuraأخت صفورا

During Musa's years in MadyanTraditional date, disputedMadyan

The second daughter at the well of Madyan, who waited with her sister until Musa helped them.

Two women stood apart from the crowd at the well, holding back their animals. Asked why, they said: we cannot water until the shepherds leave, and our father is a very old man. Their modesty and their father's age moved Musa to help. It was the start of his new life in Madyan.

What does the Quran say?

And when he came to the well of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women driving back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."
Quran 28:23

28:23-25

The lesson

Musa helped two strangers when he himself was homeless and hungry.

Who else is linked?

Madyan Musa Safura The Old Man of Madyan

Who lived at the same time?

Musa Harun The Man of Musa's People The Man Who Warned Musa The Old Man of Madyan Safura Ramesses II

Source: the Quran

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