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Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 1–6Pharaoh is mentioned here as being guilty of creating great unrest in his land.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 7–9In the period when Moses was born, the children of the Israelites were being killed.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 10–14The process of the protection of Moses is attributed entirely to God, though the sequence of events seems to have taken place as per the ‘cause and effect’ principle.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 15–17This incident happened in the capital of Egypt before Moses received prophethood.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 18–21The next day Moses found that the same Israelite was fighting with another Egyptian.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 22–24Moses’s departure took him on a journey towards an unknown destination.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 25–28That day, the girls returned home earlier than usual.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 29–32Moses was in Midian probably for ten years.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 33–35When God appoints somebody as His missionary, He provides him with all that is essential for the performance of the task.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 36–38If an individual thinks highly of himself, and if someone of apparently ordinary status comes before him and voices outright criticism of him, he immediately flares up.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 39–43Moses’ mission was to bring about a godly revolution in the human individual.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 44–46With the help of the Quran, the Prophet Muhammad described the events of Moses’ life in full detail, as if he were standing there on the spot at that very time and seeing and hearing everything, though the fact is that he was born in Makkah two thousand years after Moses.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 47–48At the time when Moses conveyed his message as a prophet to the ancient Egyptians, he also performed miracles.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 49–51The real criterion for the acceptance or rejection of the message of Truth is its assessment on the basis of its inherent worth.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 52–56There are two types of acceptance of any proposition.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verse 57When a man’s interests are linked with a system, he starts thinking that whatever benefits he receives are derived solely from that system.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 58–59In the world, if anyone achieves material stability, he develops a superiority complex, though history has repeatedly taught that the material stability of any person or any community (nation) is not permanent.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 60–61At the time of death, a man, however great, finally parts with his possessions.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 62–63On Judgement Day, the adherents of misguided leaders (sharik), whose word they accepted as if it were the word of God, will find themselves in a strange predicament.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 64–67When a man denies the Truth in this life, he does so after placing his reliance on something or someone.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 68–70Almighty God creates human beings.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 71–73The earth, which is inhabited by human beings, has innumerable wonderful aspects.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 74–75The Prophet and the Prophet’s true missionaries will, on the Day of Judgement, be asked to act as witnesses of God.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 76–77Korah or Qarun was one of the Children of Israel, but he cut off his relations with his community and shifted his loyalties towards Pharaoh, as a result of which he became Pharaoh’s courtier.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verse 78The character of Korah described here is the same as is invariably found in men of wealth.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 79–80All the glamour of the world gathers around a person who possesses wealth.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 81–82According to the Bible, Moses cursed Korah for his evil deeds, and God caused him, his companions and his treasure to be swallowed up by the earth.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 83–84Those whose hearts are free of false pride are the ones eligible to be settled in paradise.Chapter 28, The Story (Al-Qasas) · verses 85–88The Prophet’s cause is in every way God’s cause.