Maryam, sister of Musa (Miriam)

The sister dari Musa AS — named Maryam di tradisi Islam dan identified dengan Miriam di Biblical account — adalah mentioned di Al-Al-Qur' (Surah al-Qasas 28:11-12) as playing crucial role di survival dari her infant brother. When their mother placed basket carrying baby Musa ke dalam Nile, she told saudara perempuannya ke follow it sepanjang riverbank. When basket adalah found oleh household dari Firawn, sister dari Musa watched dari distance as palace servants tried unsuccessfully ke find wet nurse infant akan accept. At right moment, she stepped forward dengan calm dan apparently casual suggestion: 'Shall I direct you ke household yang akan nurse him untuk you dan akan be devoted ke him?' (Surah al-Qasas 28:12). This single act dari quick thinking, delivered dengan perfect composure under extraordinary pressure, led directly ke Musa being nursed oleh his own mother di royal palace. She adalah tidak mentioned oleh name di Al-Al-Qur' itself — Al-Al-Qur' simply calls her 'saudara perempuannya' — but tradisi Islam identifies her as Maryam, name yang holds great signifikansi di prophetic family. She seharusnya tidak be confused dengan Maryam bint Imran, mother dari Isa AS, yang lived centuries later. The sister dari Musa adalah one dari unnamed heroes dari Al-Al-Qur'anic narrative whose courage dan quick action, small as it seemed, preserved life dari one dari five greatest messengers.