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CHILDREN’S CORNER Selections from Best-Loved Quran Stories Goodword is an award-winning publishing company with a splendid range of Islamic Books in many languages. It offers innovative products for children, including Quran stories, moral stories, craft and activity books, gift packs, Islamic games, Arabic and Islamic readers for home and school. Enjoy a selection of two chapters from the book Tell Me About The Prophet Musa. It is authored by Dr Saniyasnain Khan. He is recognized as one of the world’s most influential Muslims1. This book presents the life and times of the Prophet Musa, upon whom be peace, from the days of his infancy, when he was put in a box in the river Nile, to the period of his divine mission and preaching of Allah’s words. A Box in the River A S the soft ripples of water carried the box containing the little Musa slowly and gently his sister kept a watch on it. To her utter surprise, the waves pushed the box slowly towards the royal palace. A member of Firawn’s household noticed the box bobbing by the shore, and brought it to Queen Asiya, the wife of the tyrant Firawn. The queen was not a cruel person like her husband; she was a kindhearted and loving woman. When the box was opened and she saw the little soul lying there, she exclaimed: “This is such a lovely child that whoever sees him cannot help but love him.” The news of the box containing a new born baby spread through the palace. When Firawn heard, he guessed that this must be the act of a woman from the Children of Israel, who was trying to save her child from his order to kill every new-born baby boy. Firawn ordered that the child be put to death immediately. But Queen Asiya pleaded with her husband: “This child may bring joy to us both. Do not slay him.” The queen wanted to keep this baby boy. “He may show promise, and we may adopt him as our 1. The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims 2020, Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Jordan.