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The Egyptian Epistle - Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Qati'i

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The Name manifested as Moses and Aaron. They are pure Mim because they are among His nine Essential names we mentioned. He appeared in this Mosaic Cycle through five persons: Moses, Aaron, Shubbar, Shubayr, and Mushabbir.

The Meaning—exalted be his glory—manifested in Essence as Joshua ibn Nun—exalted be his glory. The Gate was manifest as Dan, and the Informed One was manifest as Moses ibn Ashyam. The Adversary was manifest as Pharaoh of Egypt—may God curse him—who was al-Walid ibn Mus’ab. Among his personages were Korah (Qarun), Haman (who is the Samaritan), and the Calf (who is the First in this Hashemite Cycle). I mentioned to you at the start of my speech that the address, command, and prohibition in every manifestation, call, and group fall upon the Informed One. His word: {And We had forbidden him the wet-nurses before, so she said, "Shall I direct you to a household who will rear him for you and who will be sincere to him?"}1.

The "wet-nurses" (al-maradi'): refer to the Call, for it is the life of the believers through what they are nourished with of the science of God's Oneness and His knowledge. Lord Moses—exalted be his glory—had not permitted the Informed One to spread the Call or broadcast it among the believers; this is the "nursing" which was forbidden to him by His word: {And We had forbidden him the wet-nurses before}2.

As for His word: {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 his enemy. And the one from his faction called for his help against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him with his fist and killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a misleading, manifest enemy"}3—meaning the Egyptian.

Footnotes

1Surah Al-Qasas – Verse 12.
2Surah Al-Qasas – Verse 12
3Surah Al-Qasas – Verse 15.
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