The title for the rulers of Egypt was Fir-aun( The Pharaohs)
The Fir-aun, who ruled during Musa’s time, had a dream.In his dreams, he saw fire coming from Jerusalem to Egypt. The fire burnt Egypt and the Egyptians but did not hurt the Israelites. When he woke up, he called all the diviners and magicians. He wanted them to explain to him the meaning of the dream.
They told him that a boy would be born from the Israelites. He would destroy Egypt and the Egyptians. Fir-aun did not like what he heard. He gave an order for all the baby boys born from the Israelites to be killed.
At this time, Prophet Musa’s (A.S) mother gave birth to a baby boy. She named him Musa.
Allah gave the mother Musa(a.s) three inspiration and three Assurance ;
The inspirations were
1.Suckle Musa (a.s)
2.But when she fears for him, to cast him into the river
3.Not to fear nor to grieve
The assurances were
1.Musa(a.s) will be safe
2.Musa(a.s) will be brought back to her
3.He will be made a messenger of Allah
Prophet Musa’s (A.S) mother did as she was told to do. She put the baby in a basket and laid the basket slowly into the river. The basket went down the river and was picked by the people from Fir’aun’s house.
Fir’aun’s wife Asiya loved the baby the moment she set her eyes on him. She asked Fir’aun not to kill him.
At the palace of Fir-aun, many foster mothers tried to suckle the baby but the little boy could not suckle. Nabii Musa’s mother was called to the palace after Musa’s (A.S) sister directed them to her. She was asked to suckle the baby. The little boy suckled with ease. Nobody knew that she was indeed the mother to the little boy.
Verily, Allah (S.W) brought the baby back to the mother as was promised.