1. The Departure of the Bani Israeel.
Lesson 1 and 2
The Departure of the Bani Israeel.

2. Lesson Objectives
To explore the punishment from Allah to the ones who repeatedly transgress despite given warnings

3. When the situation reached such a limit that even various types of punishment did not effect the Egyptians, then Allaah Ta’ala commanded Hazrat Moosa that:     
The time has come for you to take the Children of Israel and set out towards 
the land of your ancestors.

4. That very night Hazrat Moosa and Hazrat Haroon speedily took the Bani Israeel to the Red Sea. They left in such a haste, for fear that the Copts will become aware of their escape. In this great haste, the women did not have a chance to return the jewellery and the valuable clothes they had borrowed from the Copts during a religious festival.

5. The Drowning of Firown

6. Hazrat Moosa consoled the Bani Israeel saying:
“Do not fear, Allaah Ta’ala’s promise is true. You will be successful.”

7. Then he raised his hands in supplication to the Divine Master
Then he raised his hands in supplication to the Divine Master. Through divine revelation Hazrat Moosa was commanded to strike his staff on the water. When he struck the Red Sea, the ocean split in two, the waves stood up on either side like two mountains, and a path appeared in the centre. At Hazrat Moosa’s command all the Bani Israeel stepped onto the path. They walked across just as they walked on dry land. 

8. What do you think the peoples reaction would have been?
How do you think people’s reaction today would be different?

9. When Firown (who had followed them) beheld this phenomenon, he said to his people:
“This is my miraculous feat! Lets go forward and catch the Bani Israeel.

10. Firown and his entire army followed the Bani Israeel on the same path
Firown and his entire army followed the Bani Israeel on the same path. But the wonders of Allaah Ta’ala never cease to amaze. When the Bani Israeel had safely reached the opposite side, through Divine command the ocean resumed its normal appearance. Firown and his entire army, who were now in the midst of the ocean were drowned.  When he began drowning, and he saw the angels of punishment in front of him, he began shouting:
“I believe in that Being, who has no partner, who the Bani Israeel believe in, and I am of the obedient ones.”

11. But his faith in Allaah Ta’ala was just another of his tricks, which he used to try and escape the punishment of Allaah Ta’ala. Therefore he received this answer from Allaah Ta’ala:
“Now Indeed! Whereas you have rebelled before, and you were of the corrupt ones.” (Yunus-91)

12. What do you think this picture represents?

13. Write an news paper report from that time about this whole event
Till today a corpse is preserved in the Egyptian Museum. Due to the person being drowned in the ocean the nose had been bitten off by fish. It is said that it is the corpse of the Pharaoh of Moses. Allaah Ta’ala knows best.
Write an news paper report from that time about this whole event
Don’t forget to add
An eye witness account
An appropriate heading
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