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the pharoah wasnt the one conspiring to kill moses in al qasas, it was the chiefs of the city moses was in |
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The people of Midian are mentioned extensively in the [[Quran]]. The word 'Madyan' appears 10 times in it. The people are also called {{lang|ar-latn|ʾaṣḥabu l-ʾaykah}} ({{lang-ar|أَصْحَابُ ٱلْأَيْكَة|lit=Companions of the Wood}}).<ref>{{qref|15|78-79|b=yl}}</ref><ref>{{qref|26|176-189|b=yl}}</ref><ref>{{qref|38|13-15|b=yl}}</ref><ref>{{qref|50|12-14|b=yl}}</ref>
The lands of Midian are mentioned in sura [[Al-Qasas]] (The Stories), verses 20–28, of the Quran as the place where Moses escaped upon learning of the
Surah 9 ([[Al-Tawbah]]), verse 70 says "Has not the story reached them of those before them? – The people of Nūḥ (Noah), [[ʿĀd]] and [[Thamud]], the people of Ibrahim (Abraham), the dwellers [literally, comrades] of Madyan (Midian) and the cities overthrown [i.e. the people to whom Lūt (Lot) preached], to them came their Messengers with clear proofs. So it was not [[Allah]] who wronged them, but they used to wrong themselves."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Muhammad Taqi-Ud-Din al-Halali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan's Translation |date=July 2009 |url=https://www.alquranenglish.com/quran-surah-at-taubah-70-qs-9-70-in-arabic-and-english-translation}}</ref>
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