Asiya
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Asiya bint Muzahim (Arabic: آسِيَة بِنْت مُزَاحِم, romanized: Āsiya bint Muzāḥim) was, according to the Qur'an and Islamic tradition, the wife of the Pharaoh of the Exodus.[2] [3]
آسِيَة زوجة فرعون Asiya wife of Pharaoh | |
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Known for | Wife of the Pharaoh |
Spouse | Pharaoh |
Children | Mūsā |
Parent |
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Asiya was the wife of Pharaoh and the adoptive mother of Moses, first mentioned in Surah Al-Qasas in the Quran,[3] identified as Bithiah in the Jewish tradition.[4] She is revered by Muslims as one of the four greatest women of all time, and according to a prophetic narration in Sahih al-Bukhari, the second ever.[5][6]
She is believed to have secretly accepted monotheism after witnessing the miracle of Moses. The tradition holds that Asiya worshipped Allah in secret and hid her religion from her husband. However, later her faith was revealed and the Pharaoh ordered her execution.[7]
Al-Tha'labi, an Islamic scholar, considered that Moses named the continent Asia after her.[8]