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Surah 28

The Stories, arabic: Al-Qasas

Quran Surah/Verse	✔ Agreement	⇔ Contradiction	ψ Unmentioned	Comments
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Su 28:4	* Pharaoh afflicted the Israelites, killing their sons while sparing their daughters: Ex 1:14-22	* The Bible emphasized that Pharaoh commanded the Midwives in charge of Israelites deliveries to kill baby boys and leave the girls alive * The Midwives, however, refused the King’s order and allowed the boys to live, too		* God frowns at wickedness, especially against his children, He rewards the kind and those who fear Him
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Su 28:7	* The mother of Moses laid him by the riverbank: Ex 2:2-3			* This action by Moses’ mother was a great example of trusting the child’s welfare and future to God alone, trusting that God would take care of him, and probably find a way to give it back to her
Su 28:8			* The Bible did not mention that Pharaoh brought up his own enemy – Moses
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Su 28:10	* The mother of Moses hid her son to prevent him from being killed: Ex 2:1-3a	* The Bible stated that Moses’ mother hid him for three months: Ex 2:2c		* The parents of Moses did not hide him only because of the natural parental instinct, they did it also out of faith in God: Heb 11:23
Su 28:11	* Moses’ sister stood at a distance and watched what would happen to her brother: Ex 2:4		* The Bible never mentioned that Moses’ mother instructed her daughter to follow Moses and watch him
Su 28:12	* Moses’ sister was there when Moses was saved and brought out from the Nile river: Ex 2:5-8	* Pharaoh’s daughter was the one that found Moses on the river and asked her maid to fetch him: Ex 2:5-6
Su 28:13	* Pharaoh's daughter returned the baby to his mother to breastfeed him after Moses's sister suggested who could nurse the baby and then called the child's mother: Ex 2:7-9		* God rewarded the faith of Moses’ mother, both as she trusted Him in hiding Moses for three months, and also as she trusted God by setting Moses out on the river
Su 28:14	* Moses grew up and became a man: Ex 2:10-11a	* The Bible says Moses was brought to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son: Ex 2:10		* Moses, being adopted by Pharaoh's daughter, was in the royal family and he was raised with both the science and learning of Egypt: Act 7:22
Su 28:15	* Moses killed a man in order to defend his fellow brother – an Israelite: Ex 2:11-12	* According to the Bible, the person Moses killed was an Egyptian and then fled to Midian because Pharaoh heard of it and sought to kill him: Ex 2:12, Ex 2:15 * The Bible didn’t say Moses sought the consent of the Israelite before he killed the Egyptian * After killing the man, Moses hid him in the sand: Ex 2:12b	* It was never mentioned in the Bible that the man he defended and rescued asked him for help	* Because Moses knew who he was, he had a heart filled with sympathy towards his people, he could not stand by while one of his fellow Israelites endured a beating
Su 28:16			* The Bible never mentioned that Moses prayed to God for forgiveness after killing the Egyptian	* The Bible tells us to confess our sins and ask God to forgive us whenever we fall into sin: 1Jo 1:8-10
Su 28:17			* It was never mentioned in the Bible that Moses told God he would never be a helper for wrongdoers
Su 28:18	* Moses became afraid when he discovered people knew that he killed someone: Ex 2:14c		* The Bible never mentioned that the man who he defended a day before called for his help again
Su 28:19	* Unknown to Moses, his secret was exposed as an Israelite claimed he killed an Egyptian the previous day: Ex 2:14a
Su 28:20		* The Bible did record that it was actually Pharaoh that sought to kill Moses when he heard what had happened: Ex 2:15	* The Bible never mentioned that the chiefs of Egypt are taking counsel together to kill Moses, and the Bible didn't also mention that a man informed Moses about the counsel to kill him
Su 28:21	* Moses became afraid as he knows he could be killed for the murder he committed, so he fled from the place: Ex 2:14-15		* The Bible did not mention that Moses prayed so God can save him from being killed
Su 28:22	* Moses fled to the land of Midian to seek refuge
Su 28:23	* Moses arrived at Midian where he found some shepherds preventing some girls from watering their flocks: Ex 2:16-17	* The Bible records that the girls that came to draw water were seven in number contrary to Qur’anic record of two: Ex 2:16 * The Bible also tells us that their father is the Priest of Midian: Ex 2:16a * The Bible says the shepherds chased the girls away from drawing water for their flocks: Ex 2:17a	* The Bible never mentioned that the girls that came to draw water were two in number
Su 28:24	* Moses drew water for their flocks: Ex 2:17c	* The Bible says that Moses rescued the girls from the shepherds who chased them from drawing water for their flocks: Ex 2:17b		* God wants us to keep on doing good regardless of the situation we may find ourselves because we’ll surely reap the fruits of our good deeds if we don’t give up: Gal 6:9; 2Th 3:13
Su 28:25	* Moses was invited by the father of the girls to come to eat with them: Ex 2:20		* The Bible did not specify that a particular girl came to Moses to extend her father invitation to him	* There's a reward for doing good: Lu 6:35
Su 28:26			* The Bible did not mention that one of the girls told their father to hire Moses to work for him
Su 28:27		* The Bible records that Jethro willingly gave his daughter to Moses to be his wife	* It was never mentioned in the Bible that Jethro gave Moses a condition to serve him for eight or ten years before he could marry one of his daughters
Su 28:28			* The Bible did not mention that Moses agreed that he would serve eight or ten years before he could marry one of Jethro’s daughters
Su 28:29	* Moses saw a fire and was curious to see what’s actually behind the fire: Ex 3:2	* The Bible says that an angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in flames of fire from the middle of a bush and Moses stared at the fire in amazement because though the bush was on fire, it did not burn up: Ex 3:2 * The Bible says Moses was actually tending the flock of his father-in-law when he saw the fire: Ex 3:1	* The Bible never mentioned that Moses was with his family when he saw the fire	* It's important to avoid taking unusual things for granted; if Moses had ignored the fire, he couldn't have had such a wonderful experience
Su 28:30	* God reveals Himself to Moses from the fire: Ex 3:6	* God told Moses he’s the God of his fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Ex 3:6		* God still reveals Himself to people today through different ways, including His Word, through dreams/visions, through His Prophets, and through the Holy Spirit
Su 28:31	* God instructs Moses to throw down his stick and the stick turns into a snake: Ex 4:2-4			* We must learn to obey God whenever He instructs us to do something
Su 28:32	God instructs Moses to put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out he was leprous, and when he puts it in again, he was free from leprosy: Ex 4: 6-7
Su 28:33
Su 28:34	* God appointed Aaron in order to help Moses: Ex 4:14-16	* In the Bible, it was God that suggested that Aaron will be Moses spokesperson: Ex 4:14-16	It wasn’t mentioned in the Bible that Moses suggested that Aaron can help speak on his behalf	* God is ready to go to extra length to provide the help one needs to fulfill His mandate
Su 28:35
Su 28:36			* The Bible did not mention that people accused Moses of practicing magic
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Su 28:38			* The Bible did not mention that Pharaoh described himself as God	* God, in His Word tells us that we shall not worship or serve any other god except Him: Ex 20:3
Su 28:39
Su 28:40	* God wiped out Pharaoh and his people as they drowned and died in the sea: Ex 14:23-31			* The Bible says every wicked people will be punished: Pro 11:21
Su 28:41			* The Bible did not mention that Pharaoh will be later punished on the Day of Resurrection as he will lead people to the fire
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