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Ásíyih
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Pronunciation: awe-see-yeh
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Qur'án 66:11, the wife of Pharaoh. To Muslims one One of four perfect women, the others being Sarah, the Virgin Mary, and Fáṭimih (See GPB 75) N.B. The reference in PUP 1, 170 and index should be corrected to read Ásíyih, not Ayesha. The commentators say that because she believed in Moses, Pharaoh set a rock on her breast, fastened her hands to four stakes and left her in the blazing sun.
[BG 9]
 
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