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===Islam===
{{Main|Moses in Islam}}
{{See also|Biblical narratives and the Qur'an#Moses (Mūsā موسى)}}
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Moses is mentioned more in the [[Quran]] than any other individual and his life is narrated and recounted more than that of any other [[Prophets of Islam|Islamic prophet]].{{Sfn | Keeler | 2005 | pp = 55–66}} Islamically, Moses is described in ways which parallel the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]].{{Sfn | Keeler | 2005 | pp = 55–56 | ps =, describes Moses from the Muslim perspective:
{{blockquote|Among prophets, Moses has been described as the one "whose career as a messenger of God, lawgiver and leader of his community most closely parallels and foreshadows that of Muhammad", and as "the figure that in the Koran was presented to Muhammad above all others as the supreme model of saviour and ruler of a community, the man chosen to present both knowledge of the one God, and a divinely revealed system of law".  We find him clearly in this role of Muhammad's forebear in a well-known tradition of the miraculous ascension of the Prophet, where Moses advises Muhammad from his own experience as messenger and lawgiver.}}}} Like Muhammad, Moses is defined in the Quran as both prophet (''nabi'') and messenger (''[[Prophets and messengers in Islam|rasul]]''), the latter term indicating that he was one of those prophets who brought a book and law to his people.<ref>{{cite book |last=Azadpur |first=M. |year=2009 |chapter=Charity and the Good Life: On Islamic Prophetic Ethics |title=Crisis, Call, and Leadership in the Abrahamic Traditions |pages=153–167 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York}}</ref>{{Sfn | Keeler | 2005 | p = 55}}

[[File:Nabi Musa jerico-Jerusalam.jpg|left|thumb|[[Nabi Musa|Maqam El-Nabi Musa]], [[Jericho]]]]
Most of the key events in Moses' life which are narrated in the Bible are to be found dispersed through the different chapters (''[[suwar]]'') of the Quran, with a story about meeting the Quranic figure [[Khidr]] which is not found in the Bible.{{Sfn | Keeler | 2005 | pp = 55–66}}

In the Moses' story narrated by the Quran, Jochebed is commanded by God to place Moses in a coffin<ref>{{qref|20|39|b=y}}</ref> and cast him on the waters of the Nile, thus abandoning him completely to God's protection.{{Sfn | Keeler | 2005 | pp = 55–66}}<ref>{{qref|28|7|b=y}}</ref> The Pharaoh's wife [[Asiya]], not his daughter, found Moses floating in the waters of the Nile. She convinced the Pharaoh to keep him as their son because they were not blessed with any children.<ref>{{qref|28|9|b=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Prophets in the Quran: an introduction to the Quran and Muslim exegesis|last=Wheeler|first=Brannon M.|publisher=Continuum |year=2002|isbn=0-8264-4957-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Noble Women of Faith: Asiya, Mary, Khadija, Fatima|author=Shahada Sharelle Abdul Haqq|edition=illustrated|publisher=Tughra Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1-59784-268-6}}</ref>

The Quran's account emphasizes Moses' mission to invite the Pharaoh to accept God's divine message<ref>{{qref |79|17-19|b=y}}</ref> as well as give salvation to the Israelites.{{Sfn | Keeler | 2005 | pp = 55–66}}<ref>{{qref |20|47-48|b=y}}</ref> According to the Quran, Moses encourages the Israelites to enter Canaan, but they are unwilling to fight the Canaanites, fearing certain defeat. Moses responds by pleading to Allah that he and his brother Aaron be separated from the rebellious Israelites, after which the Israelites are made to wander for 40 years.<ref>{{qref|5|20|b=y}}</ref>

One of the [[hadith]], or traditional narratives about Muhammad's life, describes a meeting in heaven between Moses and Muhammad, which resulted in Muslims observing [[Salah|5 daily prayers]].<ref>{{Href|bukhari|7517|b=y}}</ref> [[Huston Smith]] says this was "one of the crucial events in Muhammad's life".<ref>{{Citation | last = Smith | first = Huston | author-link = Huston Smith | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eDMIwLHwKOcC | title = The World's Religions | publisher = Harper Collins | year = 1991 | page = 245| isbn = 978-0-06-250811-9 }}.</ref>

According to some Islamic tradition, Moses is buried at [[Nabi Musa|Maqam El-Nabi Musa]], near [[Jericho]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Primitive Semitic Religion Today |author= Samuel Curtiss |year= 2005 |publisher= Kessinger |isbn=1-4179-7346-3 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=qMTRCuk3gD0C&q=%22nebi+musa%22 |pages= 163–4}}</ref>