Asiya

Asiya

Asiya bint Muzahim (Arabic: آسِيَة بِنْت مُزَاحِم, romanized: Āsiya bint Muzāḥim) was, according to the Qur'an and Islamic tradition, the wife of the Pharaoh of the Exodus and adoptive mother of Moses. Asiya is first mentioned in Surah Al-Qasas in the Quran, identified as Bithiah in the Jewish tradition. She is revered by Muslims as one of the four greatest women of all time, and according to a prophetic narration in Sahih al-Bukhari, the second greatest ever after Mary. She is believed to have secretly accepted monotheism after witnessing the miracle of Moses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asiya has received more than 1,001,664 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Asiya is the 141st most popular companion (up from 198th in 2019).