That She Might Know the Promise Is True

Who is the one who returned Mūsā to his mother? Allah. So did We restore him to his mother, that she might be delighted — Allah wanted to delight her; Allah wanted to make her happy — and that she might not grieve. Allah did not want her to grieve. Why? Because of her righteousness and her taqwā. And so that she might know that the promise of Allah is true. But most of them do not know.

Most people do not know that the promise of Allah is true. Unfortunately, we all say we believe in the promise of Allah. We say it, but it is lip service; deep in our hearts, we do not act that way. Most people do not know this — and when Allah says this, it means they do not act on it. They might say that they believe in the promise of Allah, but who acts on it, and who fulfils these commandments of Allah (swt) in order to receive the promise of Allah?

If we think about this part of the story of Mūsā, it is an example of the ultimate level of weakness. When you depend on Allah (swt), no matter how weak you are, Allah (swt) can give you the greatest strength. Banū Isrāʾīl were helpless, and Mūsā was a helpless child, but Allah (swt) provided him with protection from every source. Our ummah is in a similar situation now; we are in a very, very weak state. If we put our trust in Allah (swt), Allah is going to protect us from sources we do not perceive — because there was no way the mother of Mūsā could have imagined what would happen. No one could decode the plan of Allah (swt) or understand the mystery of His power and how His plan works: Mūsā was being raised in the palace of Firʿawn, and he was receiving the best treatment, because he was their adopted son.