Moses
Moses (Musa, موسى), is referred to in the Quran more than any other prophet, is significant for revealing the Tawrat (Torah) one of the Islamic holy books as well as compiling the other revelations in the Scrolls of Moses. The Quran says Moses realized his connection with God after receiving commands from him during a stop at Mount Sinai. He later went on to free the enslaved Israelites after failing to convince the Egyptian pharaoh of God's power. Moses subsequently led the Israelites for forty years through the desert on a long attempt to capture Canaan, the Promised Land. During this long journey, Moses received the Tawrat and the Ten Commandments during another trip to Mount Sinai. At the end of his life, according to Islamic tradition, Moses chose to die to be closer to God instead of taking an offer that would have extended his life.
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Famous quotes containing the word moses:
“After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers; and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn’t care no more about him; because I don’t take no stock in dead people.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 3:6.
“Not since Moses has anyone seen a mountain so greatly.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)