A Heart Made Empty

Allah (swt) says that the heart of the mother of Mūsā became empty. Look at the expression: her heart was empty; it was completely drained, because she did not have her son in her arms and did not know where he was. Her heart was completely drained — fārighā. Allah (swt) says she was about to disclose his case. She was about to go out into the streets of Egypt saying, where is my child? And if she had done that, his case would have been exposed, because it would have been known that he was from the children of Israel, and he would have been killed.

So Allah (swt) says: had We not strengthened her heart, so that she would remain one of the believers. Allah (swt) strengthened that empty heart with īmān. Nothing can fill an empty heart except īmān. So Allah (swt) filled the heart of the righteous mother of Mūsā with īmān, and that kept her quiet. She was able to conceal the matter; she did not speak out about it.