Verse 143 in Surah Al-A'raaf

And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [ Allah ] said, "You will not see Me, but look at the mountain; if it should remain in place, then you will see Me." But when his Lord appeared to the mountain, He rendered it level, and Moses fell unconscious. And when he awoke, he said, "Exalted are You! I have repented to You, and I am the first of the believers."

It struck me the other day while reading this verse how many times as children, we ask our parents somethings that is not appropriate, or do things that are considered wrong to them. However, as a kid, you do not know right from wrong. So without a doubt, sometimes you will cross the line. We all went through it at one point in time. Here, in the dialogue between Prophet Musa (Moses) and God, Musa may have crossed the line in his question. He asked to see God himself. Now that is a big deal. One can imagine with God and all his glory, what it would mean to actually be able to see such amazement. Yet, what was God's response? Did he scold Moses, as many parents would do to a child who crosses the line? Not one bit matter of fact. Look at the pure wisdom in God's reply to Moses. Although he replies by stating that is not possible, he gives him a "sample" so to say. He lets him figure out how big of a question that was on his own. He gave him a sign with his own eye. When the mountain crumbled, Moses then realized what he had done, and found out for himself. How wise is our Lord? Truly this is God-thinking. The next time your child or student asks a big-deal question, let us try to reply with wisdom. Rather than saying no, never, don't even think about it, etc, Let us give our children a different avenue to learn from. Let us be wise in how we teach. This way, they can actually comprehend the message, just as our dear Prophet Moses did in this story.