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Encyclopedia > Asiyah

Asiyah (One who tends to the weak, One who heals) is considered to be one of four great, noble, and pious women in Islamic history. Perhaps the name is a corruption and/or pun of the name of an Egyptian queen such as Amenia, or even Batya. In the Qur'an, she was the wife of the Pharaoh (Fira'un) and was the one who adopted Moses (Musa) after Moses was found floating in the Nile river. According to Islam, she will be among the first women to enter "Janna" (Paradise) because she accepted Musa's monotheism over the Pharaoh's beliefs. She was given a message from the Angel Gabriel regarding the Pharaoh's death decree, warned Moses and thus saved his life. Also whoever is given the name of Asiya shall be one of great power. She shall roam the earth not knowing her powers till one day. A miracle happens. Well thats at least what they tell us. It has been suggested that dajare be merged into this article or section. ... Amenia may refer to: Amenia (town), New York Amenia, North Dakota Amenia (CDP), New York This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Edwin Longs 1886 painting of Batya finding the baby Moses Bithiah, in Hebrew Batya (בִּתְיָה, literally daughter of God), is the name given to a character in the account of the Hebrew Exodus from Egypt in Rabbinic Midrash, as she is not named in the text. ... The Qurān [1] (Arabic: ‎, literally the recitation; also called The Noble Qurān; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. ... Pharaoh is a title used to refer to any ruler, usually male, of the Egyptian kingdom in the pre-Christian, pre-Islamic period. ... Moses with the Tablets, 1659, by Rembrandt This article is about the Biblical figure. ... // Musa (Musaceae), one of three genera in the family Musaceae that includes bananas and plantains Mūša, a river in Lithuania and Latvia Musa, a small village in Chhachh (Attock District) Musa Dağı a mountain peak in Turkey Abu Musa, an island in the Persian Gulf Jabal Musa, Sinai, a... Moses with the Tablets, 1659, by Rembrandt This article is about the Biblical figure. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... Paradise, by Jan Bruegel The word paradise is derived from the Avestan word pairidaeza (a walled enclosure), which is a compound of pairi- (around), a cognate of the Greek peri-, and -diz (to create, make), a cognate of the English dough. ... In theology, monotheism (Greek μόνος(monos) = single and θεός(theos) = God) is the belief in the existence of one deity or God, or in the oneness of God. ...



 

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