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During this frightful time a hand-
some son was born to the wife of
Imran. Imran was a pious man of
the Banu Isra’il. For a few days the
beautiful baby's mother hid the child
away from the cruel Egyptians, but
the time soon came when she could
do so no longer. Fearing for the
safety of the little child, the fright-
ened mother put the baby into a
basket and carried it down to the
banks of the river Nile. She hid the
basket amongst the reeds, com-
manding Maryam, her daughter, to
keep watch from a distance. The
poor mother wept bitterly but what
could she do? Rather than see the
child killed before her eyes, she
decided to hand the child over into
the care of Allah.
The basket began to float slowly
down the river with the child sleep-
ing peacefully in it. It so happened
Vocabulary
enslave
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demand
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persecute
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assemble
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serpent
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radiant
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advise
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possess
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humiliate
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threaten
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heed
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withold
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starvation
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sorcery
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swarm
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