When Mūsā ʿalayhis salām entered the land of Madyan, after barely just escaping wrongful persecution from Firʿawn et al., he comes across a body of water surrounded by herders and their cattle. Nearby, but still at a distance, he spots two young women struggling with their herd. He approaches them and asks, ما خطبكما؟ ❝What is your circumstance?❞ (Or if we were to look at my favourite translation of this verse: “What aileth you?”) From just two words in a…
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