阿西叶是穆萨（摩西）的养母，埃及法老的妻子。根据《古兰经》的记载，穆萨是由法老的妻子（而非女儿）抚养。尽管阿西叶的丈夫法老是极其残暴的人，阿西叶依旧保持对真主的虔诚，因而她被穆斯林尊敬。《古兰经》（66：11）“真主以法老的妻子（即阿西叶），为信道的人们的模范。当时，她曾说：‘我的主啊！求你在你那里，为我建筑一所房子在乐园里。求你拯救我脱离法老，和他的罪行。求你拯救我脱离不义的民众。’”

常用译名“阿西叶”，但马金鹏译本《古兰经》注释中作“**娅”，马仲刚译本《古兰经》注释中作“阿西亚”。

据称先知穆罕默德曾将阿西叶和***（尔撒即耶稣之母）、赫蒂彻（穆罕默德之妻）、法蒂玛（穆罕默德之女）称为最伟大的四位女性。

Asiya (Arabic: آسية), also known as Asiya bint Muzahim, is revered by Muslims as one of the greatest women of all time, other three are Mary (mother of Jesus), Khadija (wife of Muhammad) and Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad). She was the wife of the Pharaoh (in Arabic pronounced "Fir'awn"), who reigned during Moses's (Arabic: Musa) time. The Qur'an chronicles her as a great person. She declared her faith in the message of God after witnessing the miracle of Moses in the Court of Pharaoh and after witnessing the death of another believing woman under torture. Pharaoh tried to turn her away from the God of Moses and sought her mother's help. But Asiya refused to reject the God of Moses. On Pharaoh's order, she was tortured to death. This was the reason she was famous and became one of the five greatest women of Islam.