Editing Moses in Islam (section)

=== Escape to Midian and Marriage ===
[[File:Al Haql R01.jpg|thumb|The [[Midian Mountains]] near [[Haql]] on the coast of the [[Gulf of Aqaba]], which separates [[Midian]] in the northern part of the [[Arabian Peninsula]] and [[Syria (region)|Ash-Shaam]] from the [[Sinai Peninsula]] in present-day [[Egypt]]]]

After having reached adulthood, according to the Quran, Moses is passing through a city when he comes across an Egyptian fighting with an Israelite. The Israelite man is believed to be Sam'ana, known in the [[Bible]] to be a [[Samaritan]], who asks Moses for his assistance against the Egyptian who is mistreating him. Moses attempts to intervene and becomes involved in the dispute.<ref name="Concepts">{{cite book |title=Concepts of Islam |author=Naeem Abdullah |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yaKvS1kHpoC&pg=PA89 |isbn=9781456852436 |year=2011 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529112435/https://books.google.com/books?id=1yaKvS1kHpoC&pg=PA89 |archive-date=29 May 2016 |url-status=live}}{{self-published source|date=December 2017}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}} Moses strikes the Egyptian in a state of anger, which results in his death.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Religion of Islam |author=Maulana Muhammad Ali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etnEKz_rOfgC&pg=PT197 |page=197 |isbn=9781934271186 |year=2011 |publisher=Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore USA |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603075445/https://books.google.com/books?id=etnEKz_rOfgC&pg=PT197 |archive-date=3 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Moses then repents to God, and the following day, he again comes across the same Israelite fighting with another Egyptian. The Israelite again asks Moses for help, and as Moses approaches the Israelite, he reminds Moses of his [[manslaughter]] and asks if Moses intended to kill the Israelite. Moses is reported, and the Pharaoh orders Moses to be killed. However, Moses flees to the desert after being alerted to his punishment.<ref name=" Rasamandala Das 17"/> According to Islamic tradition, after Moses arrives in [[Midian]], he witnesses two female shepherds driving back their flocks from a well.<ref name=Y/> Moses approaches them and inquires about their work as shepherds and their retreat from the well. Upon hearing their answers and about the old age of their father, although his identity is contested, generally accepted to be [[Shuaib|Prophet Shuaib]], Moses waters their flocks for them.<ref name=Y>{{cite book |title=Know Your Islam |author=Yousuf N. Lalljee |pages=77–78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w-vyFztUEjAC&pg=PA77 |isbn=9780940368026 |year=1993 |publisher=TTQ, Inc |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506011330/https://books.google.com/books?id=w-vyFztUEjAC&pg=PA77 |archive-date=6 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The two shepherds return to their home and inform their father of Moses. They then invite Moses to a feast. At that feast, their father asks Moses to work for him for eight years in return for marriage to one of his daughters.<ref name="Concepts"/> Moses consents and works for him for ten years.<ref name="Concepts"/>