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The story of Pharaoh dreaming of Moses' arrival and making preparations
Pharaoh's efforts were without success, whatever he tried to weave only unraveled.
He had thousands of astrologers under his command, and countless interpreters and sorcerers.
In a dream, they showed him Moses, who would destroy Pharaoh and his kingdom.
He spoke with interpreters and astrologers about how to avert this ominous dream.
They all said they would devise a plan, blocking the path of birth like a highway robber.
The night came when that birth was to occur, and the Pharaoh's advisors decided
to bring everyone out early in the morning to the royal court and the king's throne.
"Attention, all Israelites," they announced, "the king summons you from that place."
"So he may reveal himself to you without a veil and bestow kindness upon you for reward."
For the captives, there was nothing but separation; seeing Pharaoh was not permitted.
If they happened to cross his path, they would bow down to him due to the law.
When they heard the heralds' call on the road, they would turn their faces to the wall to avoid seeing him.
If they saw his face, they would be guilty, and worse would befall them.
They longed to meet the unattainable, as humans desire what is forbidden.
Calling the Israelites to the field as a trick for the birth of Moses
"O captives, go to the field, for there is hope of seeing the king's generosity."
When the Israelites heard the news, they were thirsty and eager for it.
They fell for the trick and rushed there, preparing themselves for the spectacle.
A tale
Just as here, the cunning Mongol said, "I am looking for someone from the Egyptians."
"Gather the Egyptians on this side so that the one we need may enter."
Whoever came said, "This is not the one." "Come in, sir, and sit in that corner."
In this way, they all gathered, and their necks were struck by this trick.
The misfortune of those who did not heed the call to prayer and the invitation of God.
Their deceitful invitation drew them in; beware of the devil's trickery, O wise one.
Listen to the cries of the poor and needy, so the call of the deceiver does not reach your ears.
If beggars are greedy and ill-natured, seek the true-hearted among the gluttons.
In the depths of the sea, pearls are found among stones; pride is found among disgrace.
So the Israelites rushed from early morning, running towards the field.
When he brought them to the field by trickery, he did not show them his fresh face.
He comforted them and gave gifts, both rewards and promises from that king.
After that, he said, "For your safety, all of you sleep in the field tonight."
They replied, "We will serve you; if you wish, we will stay here for a month."
Pharaoh's return from the field to the city, happy to separate the Israelites from their women on the night of conception
The king returned at night, joyful, for tonight is the night of conception, and they are away from their women.
His treasurer, Imran, was also in his service, and he returned to the city with him.
He said, "O Imran, sleep at this door; do not go to your wife or seek her company."
Imran replied, "I will sleep at your door; I think of nothing but your desire."
Imran was also from the Israelites, but he was loyal to Pharaoh.
Who would have thought he would rebel, fearing for Pharaoh's life?
Imran's meeting with Moses' mother and her conception
The night passed, and he slept at that door; at midnight, his wife came to see him.
She fell upon him and kissed his lips, waking him from his sleep in the night.
He awoke and saw his wife happy, showering kisses from lip to lip.
Imran said, "How did you come at this time?" She replied, "From longing and divine decree."
The man embraced her with love, unable to resist at that moment.
He united with her and entrusted her with the secret, saying, "O woman, this is no small matter."
Iron struck stone, and a fire was born, a fire of vengeance from the king and his kingdom.
"I am like a cloud, and you are the earth, Moses is the plant; God is the king of chess, and we are checkmated."
"Know that the king has won, O bride, do not blame us or deceive us."
"What Pharaoh fears has now come to pass, for I have united with you."
Imran's advice to his wife after their union, pretending he had not seen her
"Do not speak of this or breathe a word, so that a hundred sorrows do not befall us."
"In the end, the signs will appear, O dear one, when the marks arrive."
At that moment, cries from the field reached the sky, filling the air.
The king, startled by the commotion, rushed out barefoot, asking, "What is this uproar?"
"What is this noise and clamor from the field that frightens even demons and jinn?"
Imran said, "May our king live long; the Israelites are rejoicing because of you."
"They are celebrating the king's gifts, dancing and clapping their hands."
The king said, "That may be so, but doubt and fear have filled my mind."
Pharaoh's fear of the noise
"This sound has changed my soul, turning my bitterness into old age."
The king paced back and forth all night, like a pregnant woman in labor.
He kept saying, "O Imran, these cries have deeply disturbed me."
Poor Imran dared not reveal the secret of his union with his wife.
Imran's wife hid with him until the star of Moses appeared.
Like mourners, their voices were filled with grief and their instruments silent.
They tore their clothes and pulled out their hair, covering their heads with dust and their eyes with blood.
He asked, "What is this turmoil and state? This ominous year gives bad signs."
They apologized, saying, "O prince, fate has made us its captives."
"We did all this, and fortune turned dark; the king's enemy has become strong and dominant."
"That night, the star of that boy appeared, blinding us on the forehead of the sky."
"The star of that prophet shone in the sky, and we became star-struck with weeping."
With a happy heart, Imran, despite his hypocrisy, struck his head in sorrow for separation.
Imran made himself angry and sullen, acting like a madman without reason or sense.
He pretended to be a foreigner and drove them away, speaking harsh words to the crowd.
He made himself sullen and sad, playing the game of deception.
He said to them, "You deceived me, king, with betrayal and greed."
"You incited the king to the field, disgracing our king's honor."
"You struck your chests in assurance, promising to free the king from worries."
The king heard and said, "O traitors, I will hang you without mercy."
"I have made myself a laughingstock, losing wealth to enemies."
"Tonight, all the Israelites were separated from their women."
"Wealth is gone, honor is lost, and the work is unfinished; this was your help and noble deeds."
"For years, you received salaries and gifts, consuming the kingdoms."
"This was your banner, your culture, and your astrology; you are drum-eaters, deceitful and ominous."
"I will throw you at my door and set you on fire, cutting off your noses, ears, and lips."
"I will make you firewood for the fire, making your life miserable."
They prostrated and said, "O king, if once the devil outsmarted us."
"For years, we have warded off calamities, bewildering the mind with what we have done."
"We missed it, and its pregnancy became apparent; its seed sprouted and entered the womb."
"But we will repent on the day of birth, keeping watch, O king and prince."
"On the day of his birth, we will set a watch so that fate does not escape and this decree does not leap."
"If we do not keep this watch, kill us, O servant of your wise and thoughtful will."
For nine months, he counted the days, so the arrow of the enemy's decree would not fly.
Whoever ambushes fate will be overthrown, drinking his own blood.
When the earth contends with the sky, it becomes barren, raising its head in death.
The image wrestles with the painter, pulling out its own mustache and beard.
Pharaoh calling the women with newborns to the field for another trick
After nine months, the king brought out the throne, announcing loudly to the field.
"O women with infants, go to the field, all Israelites, come out."
"Just as last year, the men received gifts, and each took gold."
"Come, women, this year is your fortune, so each may receive what she desires."
"He will give gifts and rewards to the women, placing golden caps on the children."
"Whoever gave birth this month, come, take treasures from the mighty king."
The women with infants came out joyfully, reaching the king's tent.
Every woman with a newborn left the city, unaware of the trick and wrath.
When all the women gathered around him, they took every male child from the mother.
They beheaded them, saying, "This is precaution, so the enemy does not grow and madness does not increase."
The birth of Moses and the arrival of the agents at Imran's house, and the revelation to Moses' mother to cast him into the fire
Imran's wife, who had taken Moses, gathered her skirts from the turmoil and smoke.
The midwives were sent to the houses for spying by that deceit.
They hinted that there was a child here who did not come to the field, causing doubt and suspicion.
"Chastity, O fire, be cool," they said, "do not let the fire burn the wanderer."
By revelation, she cast him into the flames, and the fire had no effect on Moses' body.
The agents left empty-handed, while the informers, aware of it, remained.
They quarreled with the agents for a few coins, saying, "O agents, return there."
"Look carefully in the rooms."
The revelation to Moses' mother to cast him into the water
Again, the revelation came to cast him into the water, to trust and not worry.
"Cast him into the Nile and have faith; I will bring him to you with a bright face."
This story has no end, its tricks entangle even the legs.
He killed hundreds of thousands of children outside, while Moses was inside the house.
In madness, he killed every fetus, blinded by the cunning of the far-sighted.
The deceit of the stubborn Pharaoh was like a dragon, devouring the tricks of the world's kings.
But one more cunning than him appeared, and his trickery ensnared him.
The dragon became a staff, and the staff became a dragon, devouring it by God's grace.
The hand rose above the hand, reaching to God, to whom all things return.
That one is a sea without depth or shore, all seas are like a stream before it.
If tricks and schemes are dragons, before "There is no god but God," they are all nothing.
When my explanation reached here, it bowed its head, disappearing, and God knows best the right path.
What was in Pharaoh is within you, but your dragons are imprisoned.
Alas, all these states are yours, yet you will bind yourself to that Pharaoh.
If they speak of you, you become frightened; if they show you another tale, you are amazed.
What ruins you is the accursed self, casting you far away, this companion is harsh.