Musa

Musa names Harun as his brother when asking Allah for a helper.

Evidence

• Quran Ta-Ha 20:30Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  هَٰرُونَ أَخِى

  “Aaron, my brother.”

  Musa's request at Tuwa: "Aaron, my brother."

  Open ayah 20:30 →
• Quran Al-Qasas 28:34Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَأَخِى هَٰرُونُ هُوَ أَفْصَحُ مِنِّى لِسَانًۭا فَأَرْسِلْهُ مَعِىَ رِدْءًۭا يُصَدِّقُنِىٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُكَذِّبُونِ

  “And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue, so send him with me as support, verifying me. Indeed, I fear that they will deny me."”

  "And my brother Aaron is more fluent than me in tongue."

  Open ayah 28:34 →
• Quran Maryam 19:53Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ نَبِيًّۭا

  “And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.”

  Allah granted Musa "his brother Aaron as a prophet".

  Open ayah 19:53 →

Pharaoh rejected the message Musa brought and threatened him with imprisonment.

Evidence

• Quran Ash-Shu'ara 26:29Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ لَئِنِ ٱتَّخَذْتَ إِلَٰهًا غَيْرِى لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْمَسْجُونِينَ

  “[Pharaoh] said, "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those imprisoned."”

  Pharaoh threatens Musa with prison for worshipping another god.

  Open ayah 26:29 →
• Quran Ta-Ha 20:56Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ

  “And We certainly showed Pharaoh Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.”

  Pharaoh saw all the signs "but he denied and refused".

  Open ayah 20:56 →
• Quran An-Nazi'at 79:21Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰ

  “But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.”

  "But Pharaoh denied and disobeyed."

  Open ayah 79:21 →

Musa demanded their release from Pharaoh and led them out of Egypt by night.

Evidence

• Quran Ta-Ha 20:47Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  فَأْتِيَاهُ فَقُولَآ إِنَّا رَسُولَا رَبِّكَ فَأَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَلَا تُعَذِّبْهُمْ ۖ قَدْ جِئْنَٰكَ بِـَٔايَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۖ وَٱلسَّلَٰمُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ

  “So go to him and say, 'Indeed, we are messengers of your Lord, so send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them. We have come to you with a sign from your Lord. And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance.”

  "Send with us the Children of Israel and do not torment them."

  Open ayah 20:47 →
• Quran Ash-Shu'ara 26:52Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

  “And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."”

  "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."

  Open ayah 26:52 →

Musa was commissioned at Tuwa to go to Pharaoh, and later sent together with Harun.

Evidence

• Quran Ta-Ha 20:24Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  ٱذْهَبْ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

  “Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed."”

  "Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed."

  Open ayah 20:24 →
• Quran Ta-Ha 20:43Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  ٱذْهَبَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّهُۥ طَغَىٰ

  “Go, both of you, to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed.”

  "Go, both of you, to Pharaoh."

  Open ayah 20:43 →

Evidence

• Quran Ta-Ha 20:49Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ فَمَن رَّبُّكُمَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ

  “[Pharaoh] said, "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"”

  Pharaoh addresses Musa directly: "So who is the Lord of you two, O Moses?"

  Open ayah 20:49 →

Evidence

• Quran Ash-Shu'ara 26:52Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  ۞ وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَسْرِ بِعِبَادِىٓ إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

  “And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed, you will be pursued."”

  Open ayah 26:52 →
• Quran Ash-Shu'ara 26:63Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْبَحْرَ ۖ فَٱنفَلَقَ فَكَانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍۢ كَٱلطَّوْدِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

  “Then We inspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain.”

  "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted.

  Open ayah 26:63 →

Evidence

• Quran Ta-Ha 20:11Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ

  “And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,”

  "And when he came to it, he was called, 'O Moses.'"

  Open ayah 20:11 →
• Quran Ta-Ha 20:12Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ ۖ إِنَّكَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًۭى

  “Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa.”

  Open ayah 20:12 →

Evidence

• Quran Al-A'raf 7:142Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  ۞ وَوَٰعَدْنَا مُوسَىٰ ثَلَٰثِينَ لَيْلَةًۭ وَأَتْمَمْنَٰهَا بِعَشْرٍۢ فَتَمَّ مِيقَٰتُ رَبِّهِۦٓ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةًۭ ۚ وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَخِيهِ هَٰرُونَ ٱخْلُفْنِى فِى قَوْمِى وَأَصْلِحْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

  “And We made an appointment with Moses for thirty nights and perfected them by [the addition of] ten; so the term of his Lord was completed as forty nights. And Moses said to his brother Aaron, "Take my place among my people, do right [by them], and do not follow the way of the corrupters."”

  The appointment of thirty nights completed with ten.

  Open ayah 7:142 →
• Quran Al-A'raf 7:143Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ ۚ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى ۚ فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّۭا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًۭا ۚ فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

  “And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of the believers."”

  "And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him."

  Open ayah 7:143 →

The Quran states that Musa received the Book and separately names the Tawrat as revealed guidance; identifying that Book with the Tawrat is the received reading.

Evidence

• Quran Al-Baqarah 2:53Linguistic — Linguistic inference. Follows from the wording of the text rather than an explicit statement.

  وَإِذْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْفُرْقَانَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

  “And [recall] when We gave Moses the Scripture and criterion that perhaps you would be guided.”

  Open ayah 2:53 →
• Quran Al-Ma'idah 5:44Linguistic — Linguistic inference. Follows from the wording of the text rather than an explicit statement.

  إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ فِيهَا هُدًۭى وَنُورٌۭ ۚ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ بِمَا ٱسْتُحْفِظُوا۟ مِن كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ شُهَدَآءَ ۚ فَلَا تَخْشَوُا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱخْشَوْنِ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِى ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

  “Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light. The prophets who submitted [to Allah] judged by it for the Jews, as did the rabbis and scholars by that with which they were entrusted of the Scripture of Allah, and they were witnesses thereto. So do not fear the people but fear Me, and do not exchange My verses for a small price. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers.”

  Open ayah 5:44 →

Evidence

• Quran Al-Kahf 18:60Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًۭا

  “And [mention] when Moses said to his servant, "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."”

  "I will not cease until I reach the junction of the two seas."

  Open ayah 18:60 →

Musa both commands reliance on Allah and demonstrates it at the edge of the sea.

Evidence

• Quran Yunus 10:84Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ يَٰقَوْمِ إِن كُنتُمْ ءَامَنتُم بِٱللَّهِ فَعَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلُوٓا۟ إِن كُنتُم مُّسْلِمِينَ

  “And Moses said, "O my people, if you have believed in Allah, then rely upon Him, if you should be Muslims."”

  "If you have believed in Allah, then rely upon Him."

  Open ayah 10:84 →
• Quran Ash-Shu'ara 26:62Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّ مَعِىَ رَبِّى سَيَهْدِينِ

  “[Moses] said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."”

  "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me."

  Open ayah 26:62 →

Musa was sent to Pharaoh with the demand to release Bani Israel, and given the Scripture as guidance for them.

Evidence

• Quran Al-Isra 17:2Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ هُدًۭى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا۟ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلًۭا

  “And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel that you not take other than Me as Disposer of affairs,”

  "We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the Children of Israel."

  Open ayah 17:2 →

The Quran states that Allah spoke to Musa directly — a mode of revelation it singles out.

Evidence

• Quran An-Nisa 4:164Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَرُسُلًۭا قَدْ قَصَصْنَٰهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًۭا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ ۚ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًۭا

  “And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.”

  "And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech."

  Open ayah 4:164 →
• Quran Ta-Ha 20:13Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَأَنَا ٱخْتَرْتُكَ فَٱسْتَمِعْ لِمَا يُوحَىٰٓ

  “And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].”

  "I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed."

  Open ayah 20:13 →

Musa asked to follow him in order to be taught; the relationship lasted only three episodes.

Evidence

• Quran Al-Kahf 18:66Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًۭا

  “Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"”

  "May I follow you on the condition that you teach me?"

  Open ayah 18:66 →
• Quran Al-Kahf 18:78Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ هَٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا

  “[Al-Khidh r] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.”

  "This is parting between me and you."

  Open ayah 18:78 →

Musa commands his people to be patient under Pharaoh, and is himself tested in patience as a student.

Evidence

• Quran Al-A'raf 7:128Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ يُورِثُهَا مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ وَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ

  “Said Moses to his people, "Seek help through Allah and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."”

  "Seek help through Allah and be patient."

  Open ayah 7:128 →
• Quran Al-Kahf 18:67Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًۭا

  “He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.”

  "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience."

  Open ayah 18:67 →

The first words addressed to Musa at Tuwa are a declaration of the oneness of Allah.

Evidence

• Quran Ta-Ha 20:14Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ

  “Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.”

  "Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."

  Open ayah 20:14 →

Musa was raised in Pharaoh's household and entered the city among its people.

Evidence

• Quran Al-Qasas 28:9Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَقَالَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُ فِرْعَوْنَ قُرَّتُ عَيْنٍۢ لِّى وَلَكَ ۖ لَا تَقْتُلُوهُ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَنفَعَنَآ أَوْ نَتَّخِذَهُۥ وَلَدًۭا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

  “And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.”

  Pharaoh's wife takes the infant Musa into their household.

  Open ayah 28:9 →
• Quran Al-Qasas 28:15Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍۢ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ ۖ فَٱسْتَغَٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ۖ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّۭ مُّضِلٌّۭ مُّبِينٌۭ

  “And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."”

  "And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people."

  Open ayah 28:15 →

Evidence

• Quran Maryam 19:51Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخْلَصًۭا وَكَانَ رَسُولًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا

  “And mention in the Book, Moses. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.”

  "He was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet."

  Open ayah 19:51 →

Musa fled to Madyan after the killing, and stayed to work for the man whose daughters he helped.

Evidence

• Quran Al-Qasas 28:22Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَلَمَّا تَوَجَّهَ تِلْقَآءَ مَدْيَنَ قَالَ عَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِى سَوَآءَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ

  “And when he directed himself toward Madyan, he said, "Perhaps my Lord will guide me to the sound way."”

  "And when he directed himself toward Madyan."

  Open ayah 28:22 →
• Quran Al-Qasas 28:23Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ ۖ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا ۖ قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ ۖ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ

  “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."”

  "And when he came to the well of Madyan."

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Musa's mission is the Quran's central confrontation with tyranny — and he also prays for forgiveness for having wronged himself.

Evidence

• Quran Al-Qasas 28:4Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  إِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ عَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهْلَهَا شِيَعًۭا يَسْتَضْعِفُ طَآئِفَةًۭ مِّنْهُمْ يُذَبِّحُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَيَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ

  “Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.”

  Open ayah 28:4 →
• Quran Al-Qasas 28:16Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى فَٱغْفِرْ لِى فَغَفَرَ لَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

  “He said, "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me," and He forgave him. Indeed, He is the Forgiving, the Merciful.”

  "My Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive me."

  Open ayah 28:16 →

The command to establish prayer is part of what Musa is told at the sacred valley.

Evidence

• Quran Ta-Ha 20:14Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ

  “Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.”

  "Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance."

  Open ayah 20:14 →

The Quran praises a community among the people of Musa that establishes justice.

Evidence

• Quran Al-A'raf 7:159Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٌۭ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ

  “And among the people of Moses is a community which guides by truth and by it establishes justice.”

  "Among the people of Moses is a community which guides by truth and by it establishes justice."

  Open ayah 7:159 →

Evidence

• Quran Al-A'raf 7:127Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ ۚ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَٰهِرُونَ

  “And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."”

  The eminent among Pharaoh's people urge action against Musa and his people.

  Open ayah 7:127 →

The Quran leaves the man of Madyan whose daughter Musa married unnamed. Many commentators identify him as Shuayb; others hold that he was a different man of Madyan. IslamicGraph records the identification but does not present it as a Quranic statement.

Sources disagree. See the note for what is and is not established.

Evidence

• Quran Al-Qasas 28:27Direct — Direct textual. The source states this outright.

  قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ٱبْنَتَىَّ هَٰتَيْنِ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَأْجُرَنِى ثَمَٰنِىَ حِجَجٍۢ ۖ فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْرًۭا فَمِنْ عِندِكَ ۖ وَمَآ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ ۚ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

  “He said, "Indeed, I wish to wed you one of these, my two daughters, on [the condition] that you serve me for eight years; but if you complete ten, it will be [as a favor] from you. And I do not wish to put you in difficulty. You will find me, if Allah wills, from among the righteous."”

  The unnamed man offers Musa one of his two daughters in marriage.

  Open ayah 28:27 →
• Tafsir Ibn Kathir on Quran 28:27Tafsir — Tafsir supported. Rests on classical commentary rather than on the text alone.

  The identification of Musa's father-in-law with Shuayb is reported in tafsir but is not stated by the Quran.