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Unnamed figure in the Quran

The sister of Moses

أخت موسى

She follows Moses from a distance and guides the household to his mother.

Identified as his sister; no personal name is given.

Across the surahs

The story through its verses

Read continuously: every passage is already open and arranged in narrative order.

01

Following from a distance

She watches without being noticed.

Al-Qasas 28:11

وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

She said to his sister, “Keep track of him.” So she watched him from a distance, without them noticing.

02

Guiding the household

She points them to a family who will care for him.

Al-Qasas 28:12

وَحَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِ ٱلْمَرَاضِعَ مِن قَبْلُ فَقَالَتْ هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ يَكْفُلُونَهُۥ لَكُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُۥ نَـٰصِحُونَ

We had already forbidden for him all wet nurses[8], then she said, “Shall I direct you to a household who will nurse him for you and take good care of him?”

No later biography is given.