And the heart of the mother of Moses, _when she knew of his having been lighted upon_, became disquieted; and she had almost made him known _to be her son_, had We not fortified her heart with patience, that she might be [one] of the believers _in Our promise_. And she said unto his sister _Maryam_ [or Mary], Trace him, _that thou mayest know his case_. And she watched him from a distance, while they knew not _that she was his sister and that she was watching him_. And We forbade him the breasts, _preventing him from taking the breast of any nurse except his mother_, before _his restoration to her_: so _his sister_ said, Shall I direct you unto the people of a house who will nurse him for you, and who will be faithful unto him? _And her offer was accepted; therefore she brought his mother, and he took her breast: so she returned with him to her house, as God hath said_,—And We restored him to his mother, that her eye might be cheerful and that she might not grieve, and that she might know that the promise of God _to restore him unto her_ was true: but the greater number of them (_that is, of mankind_) know not _this_. _And it appeared not that this was his sister and this his mother; and he remained with her until she had weaned him; and her hire was paid her, for every day a deenár, which she took_ [without scruple] _because it was the wealth of a hostile person. She then brought him unto Pharaoh, and he was brought up in his abode, as God hath related of him in the Chapter of the Poets,_[259] [where Pharaoh said unto Moses,] _Have we not brought thee up among us a child, and hast thou not dwelt among us_ [thirty] _years of thy life?_