6th. Dream:
In the sixth dream the mother of Moses sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam
was faced with the terrible situation of an order from Pharaoh for the execution
of all new-born Israelite baby boys. She
hid Moses sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam
for as long as possible and then received wahi (inspiration) from Allah Most High as follows:
“So We sent this wahi (inspiration) to the mother of Moses:
Suckle (thy child), but when you are concerned about his safety put him down in
the river. Have no fear, nor be
dismayed; for We shall restore him to you and make him one of the apostles.”
(Qur’an: al-Qasas:-28:7)
“Behold We inspired (with wahi) thy mother: Place the child in a
basket, and place the basket in the river.
The river will cast him up to the bank, and he will be taken up by one
who is an enemy to Me, and an enemy to him.”
(Qur’an: Ta Ha:-20:39)
The most likely explanation of the mode of wahi
(inspiration) which the mother of Moses sallalahu
‘alaihi wa sallam received was that it was in the form of a
dream. And Allah Most High knows best!
Um Musa (the mother
of Moses) acted with extraordinary courage and faith in complying with the
directions received in the dream. A
mother’s love for her child is one of the greatest and most powerful loves in
the world. For a mother to put her child
in a basket and send him floating down a great river like the Nile indicates
extraordinary faith in sacred dreams.
Common to both the responses to the two dreams which communicated divine
instructions, i.e., the dream to Abraham sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam
and the dream to Um Musa, was their clear recognition and understanding of divine
instructions and their unhesitant compliance with the directives of the
dreams. The believers in this age must
summon up the inner faith, courage and conviction to follow those noble
examples when they, also, receive directives in dreams.
