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MOSES AND AARON.

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This is a piece of Islamic legendary narrative — a retelling of the birth of Moses (Musa) drawn from the tradition of Islamic qisas al-anbiya' (stories of the prophets), blending Quranic material with elaborated folk legend. The story follows Pharaoh's three prophetic dreams foretelling his destruction by a child of Israel, his futile campaign of mass infanticide on his vizier Haman's counsel, and the miraculous conception and birth of Moses to Johabed, wife of the Israelite vizier Amram. What distinguishes this version from biblical accounts is its Islamic framing: the angel Gabriel physically transports Johabed to Amram, Moses speaks prophetically from birth, Iblis (Satan) appears as a serpent to obstruct Johabed at the Nile, and divine intervention repeatedly thwarts human scheming — each miracle underscoring the Islamic theological point that no earthly power can override what is written on the heavenly tablets of Fate. The text also introduces an episode absent from canonical scripture: Pharaoh's leprous daughters are miraculously healed by the infant Moses's gaze, which is what brings him before Pharaoh. The narrative thus serves less as history than as theological demonstration that Allah's chosen messengers are protected by providential design regardless of worldly opposition.

MOSES AND AARON.

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