Pharaoh's astrologers warned him that an Israelite child conceived on such-and-such a night would destroy the kingdom. So, to prevent the child's conception, Pharaoh invited the Israelites to a festival which lasted all that night.
Meanwhile, that same night Pharaoh ordered Imran, his treasurer, to sleep at the door of his bedroom.
Imran was an Israelite.
In the night, Imran's wife came to him as he slept in front of Pharaoh's bedroom door.
"Why have you come to me here?" Imran asked.
She replied, "Yearning brought me here, and God's command."
Thus Moses was conceived just outside Pharaoh's bedroom door.
Inspired by: The English prose version of Rumi in Tales from the Masnavi by A. J. Arberry.
Notes: This is story 68 in the book. You can read more about the Islamic legends of Moses at Wikipedia.
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