Learn Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ

What Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ is about

1. Āyāt 1–13

   A baby in the river

   Firʿawn exalted himself, divided his people and killed their sons. Allah inspires Mūsā’s mother to set him in the river and promises to return him. Firʿawn’s wife asks to keep the child. His sister watches, and he refuses every nurse until he is returned to his mother (28:12–13).

2. Āyāt 14–28

   Flight to Madyan

   Grown, Mūsā strikes a man who dies, and asks Allah’s forgiveness (28:16). Warned of a plot, he flees to Madyan. He waters the flocks of two women and prays: my Lord, I am in need of whatever good You send me (28:24). Their father offers him marriage for eight or ten years of work.

3. Āyāt 29–42

   The fire, and Firʿawn’s end

   Travelling with his family, Mūsā is called from a tree by the fire: I am Allah, Lord of the worlds (28:30). With the staff, the shining hand and his brother Hārūn, he goes to Firʿawn. Firʿawn claims to know no god for them but himself and orders a tower built (28:38). He and his soldiers are cast into the sea.

4. Āyāt 43–75

   You cannot guide whom you love

   Mūsā was given the Book. The Prophet was not there to see these events; they are a mercy from his Lord (28:46). Some given the Book before believe and are rewarded twice (28:52–54). The Prophet cannot guide whom he loves (28:56). If Allah made the night last until the Day, no other god could bring light (28:71).

5. Āyāt 76–84

   Qārūn and his treasure

   Qārūn was of Mūsā’s people and had treasures whose keys burdened strong men. He is told not to exult, to seek the Hereafter and to do good as Allah did good to him (28:77). He says his wealth came from his own knowledge. The earth swallows him and his home (28:81). The final home is for those who seek neither arrogance nor corruption (28:83).

6. Āyāt 85–88

   Everything perishes except His Face

   The One who made the Qurʼān binding on the Prophet will return him to a place of return. He did not expect the Book to be given to him; it is a mercy from his Lord. Call on no other god. Everything will perish except His Face (28:88).

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