This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. Soamalikom everyone, welcome everyone. Welcome to Amaze by the Quran, a series in which I try sharing with you things I find amazing about the Quran.

And today, in-sla, I'll share something with you about how

Allah gives us universal lessons in the course of just telling a story.

I happen to believe and I think that is a universal belief for Muslims

that everything in the Quran is of timeless value.

And when Allah is telling us even the account of something that happened long ago, every detail

he mentions is actually very selective.

In other words, you know, there's lots of things that happen in a story,

especially in a historical account,

and you can't have enough, you can't, there's no such thing as too many details,

you know.

But Allah is very selective in telling a story,

and he only tells us bits that are the most relevant

for our guidance.

So Allah will skip lots and lots of details about the life of Ibrahim and tell us the parts

that are the most essential for our permanent guidance.

Similarly, the story of Musa de Sala,

so much repeated in the Quran, and yet

he only highlights a few things that are of key value.

So one thing that really struck out to me,

and I've been thinking about it for some time,

is when Musa Adai Saddam, when Moses had fled and he was in Madyan, and he helped these two girls

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