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Qisas or qasas is a common romanization of two different Arabic words: 1) qiṣaṣ (Template:Lang-ar), narrative, story (plural of qiṣṣa); and 2) qiṣāṣ (Template:Lang-ar), retaliation, punishment or settlement of accounts.[1] It may refer to any of the following:

Islam

  • Al-Qaṣaṣ - the 28th chapter of the Qu'ran, which takes its name from the word for "narrative"
  • Qisas - the concept of retribution in Islamic law
  • Qisas Al-Anbiya - any of various collections of stories adapted from the Quran and other Islamic literature

Works of fiction

Other

References

  1. ^ Hans Wehr, J. Milton Cowan (1979). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (4th ed.). Spoken Language Services. pp. 896–897.