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{{short description|28th chapter of the Qur'an}}
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{{Infobox Sura
|Name_of_Surah=Al-Qaṣaṣ
|Arabic_name=القصص
|Screenshot_of_Surah=Surat 28 ayah 88-29 ayah 1 folio.jpg
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|Classification=[[Meccan sura|Makkan]]
|Meaning_of_the_name=The Story
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|Time_of_revelation=
|Sura_number=28
|Number_of_verses=88
|Juz'_number=20
|Hizb_number=40
|Number_of_Rukus=9
|Number_of_sajdahs=
|Number_of_words=1585
|Number_of_letters=5847
|Harf-e-Mukatta'at=Ṭā Sīn Mīm طسم 
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|Previous_Sura=Quran 27
|Next_Sura=Quran 29
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[[File:Edinburgh Oriental Manuscript 20 fol 9r.jpg|thumb|Pharaoh's wife and her servants find baby Moses in the Nile. Illustration from the Persian ''[[Jami' al-tawarikh]]'']]
'''Al-Qasas''' ({{langx|ar| القصص}}, {{Transliteration|ar|’al-qaṣaṣ}}; {{small|meaning:}} The Story) is the 28th chapter (''[[sūrah]]'') of the [[Qur'an]] with 88 verses (''[[āyāt]]'').

According to [[Ibn Kathir]]'s commentary, the chapter takes its name from verse 25 in which the word Al-Qasas occurs. Lexically, qasas means to relate events in their proper sequence. Thus, from the viewpoint of the meaning too, this word can be a suitable title for this Surah, for the detailed story of the Prophet [[Moses in Islam|Moses]] has been related in it. It also includes the story of [[Korah#Quranic reference|Qarun]] in verses 76 to 83, explaining how Qarun was proud of himself thinking that his huge wealth was earned by his own science, denying the grace of God on him, and being destroyed by God later with his wealth underground.

Regarding the timing and contextual background of the revelation (''[[asbāb al-nuzūl]]''), it is traditionally believed to be a [[Meccan surah]], from the second Meccan period (615-619 CE).

==Summary==
*'''1-3''' [[Muhammad]] receives [[Moses in Islam|the story of Moses]] for the benefit of believers
*'''4''' [[Pharaoh in Islam|Pharaoh]] oppresses the Israelites
*'''5''' God determines to befriend the weak and to destroy oppressors
*'''6''' [[Moses's mother in Islam|Moses's mother]] directed to commit her child to the [[Nile|river]]
*'''7-8''' Pharaoh's family take up the infant Moses
*'''9-10''' The anxiety of Moses's mother—[[Miriam#Quranic account|his sister]] watches him
*'''11-12''' Moses refuses the Egyptian nurse, and his mother is employed
*'''13''' God bestows on him wisdom and strength
*'''14-20''' He slays an Egyptian and [[Escape to Midian|flees to Madian]]
*'''21-22''' By [[divine intervention in Islam|divine direction]] he reaches the wells of Madian
*'''23-24''' He waters the flocks of the daughters of [[Shuaib]] ([[Jethro (biblical figure)|Jethro]])
*'''25''' Meeting Shuaib, he relates his history
*'''26-28''' Shuaib gives him one of his daughters in marriage
*'''29''' Fulfilling the marriage contract, Moses journeys towards Egypt
*'''29-32''' He sees the burning bush, and receives prophetic commission and power to perform miracles
*'''33-35''' Moses, fearing Pharaoh, asks the help of Aaron
*'''36''' Egyptians regard Moses and Aaron as sorcerers
*'''37''' Moses threatens them with God's judgment
*'''38''' Pharaoh, claiming to be a god, asks Hámán to build a tower up to heaven
*'''38-39''' Pharaoh and his princes blaspheme God
*'''40''' God drowns Pharaoh and his princes in the sea
*'''41-42''' They shall be rejected of God in the resurrection
*'''43''' Moses receives the [[Pentateuch in Islam|Pentateuch]] for a direction to his people
*'''44-46''' Muhammad inspired to preach to the Arabs
*'''47''' His preaching renders unbelievers inexcusable
*'''48''' The Quraish reject both Pentateuch and Quran
*'''49''' They are challenged to produce a better book than these
*'''50-53''' The Makkans warned by the faith of certain [[Jews and Islam|Jews]]
*'''54''' Reward of converted [[Jews and Christians in Islam|Jews and Christians]]
*'''55''' Character of true converts to Islam
*'''56''' Allah guides whomever He wills
*'''57''' The Quraish fear to follow Muhammad lest they be expelled from Makkah
*'''58-59''' Cities destroyed for unbelief in, and persecution of, God's true prophets
*'''60-61''' Present prosperity no sign of God's favour
*'''62-64''' False gods will desert their votaries in judgment-day
*'''65-69''' The idolaters shall be speechless then, but penitents shall be saved
*'''70-73''' God, the only true God, produces the recurrence of day and night
*'''74-75''' God shall produce a witness against every nation at the judgment
*'''76-82''' The story of [[Korah#Quranic reference|Korah]]
*'''83-85''' Pardon granted to the humble and obedient
*'''86''' Muhammad received the Quran unexpectedly
*'''87-88''' Muhammad exhorted to steadfastness in the faith of Islam <ref>{{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to [[Sale's Text]], Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last1='Athamina |first1=Khalil |title=Al-Qasas: Its Emergence, Religious Origin and Its Socio-Political Impact on Early Muslim Society |journal=Studia Islamica |date=1992 |issue=76 |pages=53–74 |doi=10.2307/1595660 |jstor=1595660 |issn=0585-5292}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Ghafour |first1=Abdul Ghafoor Aghlam Abdul |title=Temporal ambiguities In the Holy Quran at the son of the jamaeat (733) Explanatory study (From Surah Al-Qasas to another Quran |journal=Islamic Sciences Journal |date=19 March 2019 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=78–111 |doi=10.25130/islam.v27i1.96 |doi-broken-date=11 July 2025 |url=https://jis.tu.edu.iq/index.php/islam/article/view/96 |language=en |issn=2073-1159}}

==External links==
*[https://www.islamawakened.com/quran/28/12/ Q28:12], 50+ translations, islamawakened.com
*[https://quran.com/28 Quran 28] Quran.com
*{{wikisource-inline|The Holy Qur'an (Maulana Muhammad Ali)/28. The Narrative}}

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