Qisas (disambiguation)
Qisas or qasas is a common romanization of two different Arabic words: 1) qiṣaṣ (Arabic: قصص), narrative, story (plural of qiṣṣa); and 2) qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قصاص), 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
- Qisas al-Nabiyeen - a book by Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi
- Qiṣaṣ qaṣīrah - a book by Abdallah Abbas Al-Iryani
- "Qisa Ghareiba" - a story by Hazi Helo
- Qisas Khatt al-Istiwa'I - a book by Zakariyau Oseni
- Qiṣaṭ Ukhrá: Qiṣaṣ - a book by Taissier Khalaf
Other
- Ahsan al-Qisas - selections from the founder of Baha'i faith
- Qisa-shazada - the Arabic name for a story of two Christian martyrs
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References
- Hans Wehr, J. Milton Cowan (1979). A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic (4th ed.). Spoken Language Services. pp. 896–897.
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