The Muslim Qur’an mentions Prophet Moses as a very prominent prophet and messenger of God, and the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, his name being mentioned 136 times, and his life being narrated and recounted more than that of any other prophet including the Last Prophet: Prophet Muhammad.

The Children of Israel were blessed with many prophets who were the descendants of the Children of Israel/Ya’qub who generation after generation urged all parts of the Jewish people to stay firm in their covenant with God. This prophetic ongoing concern is expressed in the Qur’an “When death approached Ya’qub, he said to his (12) sons, ‘Who will (you) worship after I am gone?’ They answered, ‘We will worship your God, the God of our forefathers, (Prophets) Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, the One God. To Him we will surrender ourselves'” (2:132)

When Musa (Moses) is sent by Allah he comes not primarily to warn or rebuke the Children of Israel (his own people) but he is sent “to Pharaoh” ( 20:24, 51:38, 73:15 and 79:17), “to Pharaoh and his chiefs” (al-mala) (7:103, 10:75, 11:97, 23:46, and 43:46) “to Pharaoh and his people” (27:12).

Prophet Moses was sent to Pharaoh to warn him of the destruction that will fall on Egypt if he doesn’t stop setting himself up as a God, and doesn’t let the Children of Israel go free.

Musa came to rebuke Pharaoh and to rescue the Children of Israel. Only when the Jewish nation is free from Egyptian bondage, do they receive the Torah from God, by the hand of Moses without any mediation of an angel.

As opposed to the accusations of some people who blame the Qur’an for being antagonistic toward Jews, the Qur’an’s many narrations of events in Jewish history, when a part of the........

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