faith; but she رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا remained steadfast. Eventually, pharaoh forced her to lie on a plank of wood in the scorching heat and nailed both her hands and feet into the wood. Adding to her pain, he placed millstones on her blessed chest to prevent her from moving. Even in this agonising and unbearable pain, her faith did not waver even the slightest bit and she رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا painfully prayed to her Creator عَزَّوَجَلَّ:
رَبِّ ا بۡنِ لِیۡ عِنۡدَ کَ بَیۡتًا فِی الۡجَنَّۃِ
وَ نَجِّنِیۡ مِنۡ فِرۡعَوۡ نَ وَ عَمَلِہٖ وَ نَجِّنِیۡ مِنَ ا لۡقَوۡ مِ الظّٰلِمِیۡنَ ﴿ۙ۱۱﴾
O my Lord! Build a house for me in Your nearness in Paradise, and rescue me from Fir’awn and his work, and rescue me from the unjust people.
[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 28, Sūraĥ At-Taḥrīm, verse 11)
The famous Quranic commentator, Ḥakīm-ul-Ummat, Muftī Aḥmad Yār Khān عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الْـمَنَّان said: Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ sent some angels to shade her (Sayyidatunā Āsiyaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا) and show her home to her in Paradise; this made her forget all her pains. Some reports state that her body was raised to the sky. Sayyidatunā Āsiyaĥ رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهَا will be married to our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in Heaven.
(Nūr-ul-‘Irfān, pp. 896)
May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on her and forgive us without accountability for her sake!
اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِه وَسَلَّم
Islamic sisters! Even today, Allah’s favours descend upon people who are patient in tribulations. Here is a paraphrased statement