"So We sent this inspiration (revelation) to the mother of Moses...
"So We sent this inspiration (revelation) to the mother of Moses:
'Suckle (thy child), but when thou hast fears about him, cast him into
Some interpreters claim that Musa's mother was inspired to act in such
a manner; while others say that she was spoken to (by the angels) in
order to follow the Divine Commands. Al-Manawi said in Al-Jame'Al-Saghir v. 2, p. 270, on the authority of
Qurtubi: "(Muhaddathoon) means those who are inspired or whose
expectations are accurate and directed by Divine power."
It can also mean those who utter true and accurate words, those who
are spoken to by angels, or those whose opinions and viewpoints
always conform to righteousness as if they were inspired by the
Kingdom of Heaven. Hence, this position is a generous miracle
bestowed upon a selected group of Allah's pious worshippers, and an
exalted position granted to Allah's chosen ones. Thereupon, it
becomes readily easy to distinguish that Fatima Zahra (A) was spoken
to by angels. Because the Mistress of all women, and the
daughter of the best of all Prophets and Messengers is not any less
significant than Maryam Bint Imran, Sarah, Ibrahim's wife, or Musa's
mother. Of course, this does not mean that any of these ladies-
including Lady Fatima-was a prophet. Furthermore, Sheikh Saduq narrated in Ilal Ash Sharaea' that Zaid Ibn
Ali said: "I heard Abu Abdullah (Imam Sadiq (A)) say:
"Fatima was called "Muhaddathah" because the angels descended
from Heaven and called her as they called Maryam Bint Imran and
said: "O Fatima! Allah hath chosen thee above the women of all
It has been narrated in v. 10 of A-Bihar that Imam Sadiq (A) said to
"... We also possess Fatima's book Mushaf, and had they known about
the book of Fatima!!! It is three times the size of your Quran; and by
Allah, it has not a letter of your Quran; rather it was dictated and
revealed to her by Allah ...."[2]
This narration needs elaborate research and explanation, for the Imam
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(A) compared the size of Fatima's book to the size of the most familiar
book to all Muslims-the Holy Quran. Thus, if the Quran was printed in
average-sized letters on standard paper, and let us suppose that it
would fill five hundreds of such pages; then Fatima's book would need
fifteen hundred had it been printed according to the same standards.
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