Hadhrat Musa (Alayhis Salaam) and the Taqdeer of Allah

FIR’OUN, The pharaoh of   Egypt, the self proclaimed ‘Almighty   God’, was forewarned   by his astrologers and magicians that a boy would be born in Bani Israaeel, who would eliminate his kingdom. The astrologers had predicted the exact moment of a certain night when a lady from Bani Israaeel would conceive the boy. Despite the most elaborate measures instituted by the Pharaoh to prevent this conception, by the   Qudrat and Decree of Allah Azza Wa Jal, Hadhrat Musa (Alayhis Salaam) was conceived in the womb of his mother that very night and at the precise moment predicted by the astrologers. And this momentous episode took place right in the palace of  Fir’oun.

The next morning, the astrologers and magicians informed Fir’oun that all his measures to prevent the conception of the child had failed and that the event had already occurred as they had predicted. Despite his rage, his fear was overwhelming. He assembled his advisors and officers to plan the next move for eliminating the threat which faced him. It was decided that every boy born to the women of  Bani Israaeel henceforth would  be put to death.

Fir’oun enlisted the services of  thousands of midwives who were called in from all parts of the land. A midwife was appointed to every household of  Bani Israaeel, and soldiers were permanently stationed in all areas where Bani Israaeel resided. As soon as a boy was born, the midwife wrote her report. Soldiers were called in to take away the baby who was then slaughtered. The aforementioned aayat of  the Qur’aan Shareef  refers to this brutality of  Fir’oun. 90,000 of male infants were slaughtered in Fir’oun’s plan of horror to thwart the Decree of Allah Ta’ ala. Not a single male infant of  Bani Israaeel was spared.

Nine months after conception, the wife of  Imraan gave birth to the baby boy who was destined to bring the downfall of  Fir’oun. Hadhrat Musa (Alayhis Salaam) was born and as the midwife appointed by Fir’oun took the infant in her hands she was overwhelmed by love for this beautiful baby. She had never set eyes on such a beautiful infant before. She told the baby’s mother not to be worried and scared. She would inform the soldiers that a dead girl was born and buried by her.