ministry was proclaimed, He saw two men engaged
in fighting. One of them asked the help of Moses
against his opponent. Whereupon, Moses intervened
and slew him. To this testifieth the record
of the sacred Book. Should the details be cited,
they will lengthen and interrupt the course of the
argument. The report of this incident spread
throughout the city, and Moses was full of fear,
as is witnessed by the text of the Book. And when
the warning: "O Moses! of a truth, the chiefs take
counsel to slay Thee" (1) reached His ears, He went
forth from the city, and sojourned in Midian in
the service of Shoeb. While returning, Moses entered
the holy vale, situate in the wilderness of
Sinai, and there beheld the vision of the King of
glory from the "Tree that belongeth neither to the
East nor to the West." (2) There He heard the soul-stirring
Voice of the Spirit speaking from out of
the kindled Fire, bidding Him to shed upon Pharaonic
souls the light of divine guidance; so that,
liberating them from the shadows of the valley of
self and desire, He might enable them to attain
the meads of heavenly delight, and delivering
them, through the Salsabil of renunciation, from
the bewilderment of remoteness, cause them to enter
1. Qur'án 28:20.
2. Qur'án 24:35.