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Notes to Financial Statements April 30, 2007 (unaudited) continued

recorded by the Trust as unrealized gains and losses. Upon closing of the contract, the Trust realizes a gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

D.   Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held — The Trust enters into transactions in which it transfers to Dealer Trusts (‘‘Dealer Trusts’’), fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interests in the Dealer Trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The Dealer Trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Trust to retain residual interest in the bonds. The Trust enters into shortfall agreements with the Dealer Trusts which commit the Trust to pay the Dealer Trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the Dealer Trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Trust (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Trust (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the Dealer Trusts to the Trust, thereby collapsing the Dealer Trusts. The Trust accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Dealer Trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Trust’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Trust liabilities under the caption ‘‘floating rate note obligations’’ on the ‘‘Statement of Assets and Liabilities’’. The Trust records the interest income from the fixed rate bonds under the caption ‘‘Interest Income’’ and records the expenses related to floating rate note obligations and any administrative expenses of the Dealer Trusts under the caption ‘‘Interest and residual trust expenses’’ in the Trust’s ‘‘Statement of Operations’’. The notes issued by the Dealer Trusts have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the Dealer Trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At April 30, 2007, Trust investments with a value of $77,581,935 are held by the Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $51,760,000 in floating rate note obligations outstanding at that date. Contractual maturities of the floating rate note obligations and interest rates in effect at April 30, 2007, are presented in the ‘‘Portfolio of Investments.’’

E.   Interest Rate Swaps — Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of commitments to pay and receive interest based on a notional principal amount. Net periodic interest payments to be received or paid are accrued daily and are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations.

F.   Federal Income Tax Policy — It is the Trust’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable and nontaxable income to its shareholders. Accordingly, no federal income tax provision is required.

G.   Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

H.   Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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2.   Investment Advisory/Administration Agreements

Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. (the ‘‘Investment Adviser’’), the Trust pays an advisory fee, calculated weekly and payable monthly, by applying the annual rate of 0.27% to the Trust’s weekly total net assets including preferred shares.

Pursuant to an Administration Agreement with Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. (the ‘‘Administrator’’), an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, the Trust pays an administration fee, calculated weekly and payable monthly, by applying the annual rate of 0.08% to the Trust’s weekly total net assets including preferred shares.

3.   Security Transactions and Transactions with Affiliates

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities, excluding short-term investments, for the six months ended April 30, 2007, aggregated $70,678,553 and $52,048,405, respectively.

Morgan Stanley Trust, an affiliate of the Investment Adviser and Administrator, is the Trust’s transfer agent.

The Trust has an unfunded noncontributory defined benefit pension plan covering certain independent Trustees of the Trust who will have served as independent Trustees for at least five years at the time of retirement. Benefits under this plan are based on factors which include years of service and compensation. The Trustees voted to close the plan to new participants and eliminate the future benefits growth due to increases to compensation after July 31, 2003. Aggregate pension costs for the six months ended April 30, 2007, included in Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations amounted to $2,404. At April 30, 2007, the Trust had an accrued pension liability of $54,646 which is included in accrued expenses in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Trust has an unfunded Deferred Compensation Plan (the ‘‘Compensation Plan’’) which allows each independent Trustee to defer payment of all, or a portion, of the fees he or she receives for serving on the Board of Trustees. Each eligible Trustee generally may elect to have the deferred amounts credited with a return equal to the total return on one or more of the Morgan Stanley funds that are offered as investment options under the Compensation Plan. Appreciation/depreciation and distributions received from these investments are recorded with an offsetting increase/decrease in the deferred compensation obligation and do not affect the net asset value of the Trust.

4.   Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Trust is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 non-participating preferred shares of beneficial interest having a par value of $.01 per share, in one or more series, with rights as determined by the Trustees, without approval of the common shareholders. The Trust has issued Series 1 through 5 Auction Rate Preferred Shares (‘‘preferred shares’’) which have a liquidation value of $50,000 per share plus the

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redemption premium, if any, plus accumulated but unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, thereon to the date of distribution. The Trust may redeem such shares, in whole or in part, at the original purchase price of $50,000 per share plus accumulated but unpaid dividends, whether or not declared, thereon to the date of redemption.

Dividends, which are cumulative, are reset through auction procedures.

SERIES				SHARES*				AMOUNT IN THOUSANDS*				RATE*				RESET     DATE				RANGE OF DIVIDEND RATES**
1					1,120			$	56,000				3.85	%		05/02/07				3.45%     –  3.95%
2					400				20,000				3.56			05/03/07				3.10      –   4.00
3					1,120				56,000				3.90			05/03/07				3.50      –   4.00
4					1,120				56,000				3.80			05/03/07				3.44      –   4.05
5					400				20,000				3.88			05/04/07				3.43      –   4.00

*

As of April 30, 2007.

**

For the six months ended April 30, 2007.

Subsequent to April 30, 2007 and up through June 8, 2007, the Trust paid dividends to each of the Series 1 through 5 at rates ranging from 3.56% to 3.96% in the aggregate amount of $919,108.

The Trust is subject to certain restrictions relating to the preferred shares. Failure to comply with these restrictions could preclude the Trust from declaring any distributions to common shareholders or purchasing common shares and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of preferred shares at liquidation value.

The preferred shares, which are entitled to one vote per share, generally vote with the common shares but vote separately as a class to elect two Trustees and on any matters affecting the rights of the preferred shares.

5.   Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

Transactions in common shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

				SHARES				PAR VALUE				CAPITAL PAID IN EXCESS OF PAR VALUE
Balance, October 31, 2005					25,066,098			$	250,661			$	350,777,653
Treasury shares purchased and retired (weighted average discount 6.77%)*					(843,700	)			(8,437	)			(11,970,334	)
Balance, October 31, 2006					24,222,398				242,224				338,807,319
Treasury shares purchased and retired (weighted average discount 5.73%)*					(231,200	)			(2,312	)			(3,321,497	)
Balance, April 30, 2007					23,991,198			$	239,912			$	335,485,822

*

The Trustees have voted to retire the shares purchased.

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6.   Dividends to Common Shareholders

On March 26, 2007, the Trust declared the following dividends from net investment income:

AMOUNT PER SHARE				RECORD            DATE				PAYABLE             DATE
$0.06				May 4, 2007				May 18, 2007
$0.06				June 8, 2007				June 22, 2007

7.   Expense Offset

The expense offset represents a reduction of the fees and expenses for interest earned on cash balances maintained by the Trust with the transfer agent and custodian.

8.   Purposes of and Risks Relating to Certain Financial Instruments

The Trust may invest a portion of its assets in inverse floating rate instruments, either through outright purchases of inverse floating rate securities or through the transfer of bonds to Dealer Trusts in exchange for cash and residual interests in the Dealer Trusts. These investments are typically used by the Trust in seeking to enhance the yield of the portfolio. These instruments typically involve greater risks than a fixed rate municipal bond. In particular, these instruments are acquired through leverage or may have leverage embedded in them and therefore involve many of the risks associated with leverage. Leverage is a speculative technique that may expose the Trust to greater risk and increased costs. Leverage may cause the Trust’s net asset value to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged because leverage tends to magnify the effect of any increases or decreases in the value of the Trust’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage may also cause the Trust to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so in order to satisfy its obligations with respect to inverse floating rate instruments.

To hedge against adverse interest rate changes, the Trust may invest in financial futures contracts or municipal bond index futures contracts (‘‘futures contracts’’).

These futures contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying securities. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

The Trust may enter into interest rate swaps and may purchase or sell interest rate caps, floors and collars. The Trust expects to enter into these transactions primarily to manage interest rate risk, hedge portfolio positions and preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio. The Trust may also enter into these transactions to protect against any increase in the price of securities the Trust anticipates purchasing at a later date. Interest rate swap transactions are subject to market risk, risk of default by the other party to the transaction, risk of imperfect correlation and manager risk. Such risks may exceed the related amounts shown in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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9.   Federal Income Tax Status

The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. These ‘‘book/tax’’ differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Dividends and distributions which exceed net investment income and net realized capital gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of paid-in-capital.

As of October 31, 2006, Trust had temporary book/tax differences primarily attributable to book amortization of discounts on debt securities, mark-to-market of open futures contracts and dividend payable.

10.   Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement 109 (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing the minimum recognition threshold a tax position must meet before being recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and is to be applied to all open tax years as of the effective date. The impact to the Trust’s financial statements, if any is currently being assessed.

In addition, in September 2006, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157), was issued and is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Trust’s financial statement disclosures.

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Financial Highlights

Selected ratios and per share data for a common share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each period:

				FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 2007				FOR THE YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31,
								2006				2005				2004				2003				2002
				(unaudited)
Selected Per Share Data:
Net asset value, beginning of period				$	15.45			$	15.38			$	15.42			$	15.54			$	15.60			$	15.91
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income*					0.51				1.01				1.00				0.97				1.01				1.11
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)					(0.16	)			0.38				(0.17	)			0.18				0.24				0.01
Common share equivalent of dividends paid to preferred shareholders*					(0.17	)			(0.27	)			(0.16	)			(0.15	)			(0.16	)			(0.20	)
Total income from investment operations					0.18				1.12				0.67				1.00				1.09				0.92
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income					(0.36	)			(0.83	)			(0.81	)			(0.88	)			(0.90	)			(0.87	)
Net realized gain					(0.16	)			(0.26	)			—				(0.30	)			(0.30	)			(0.39	)
Total dividends and distributions					(0.52	)			(1.09	)			(0.81	)			(1.18	)			(1.20	)			(1.26	)
Anti-dilutive effect of acquiring treasury     shares*					0.01				0.04				0.10				0.06				0.05				0.03
Net asset value, end of period				$	15.12			$	15.45			$	15.38			$	15.42			$	15.54			$	15.60
Market value, end of period				$	14.57			$	14.39			$	13.71			$	13.83			$	14.55			$	13.91
Total Return†					4.98	% (1)			13.20	%			5.14	%			3.32	%			13.82	%			4.94	%
Ratios to Average Net Assets of Common     Shareholders:
Total expenses (before expense offset)					1.21	% (2)(3)			1.03	%			0.88	%			0.89	%			0.83	% (3)			0.78	% (3)
Total expenses (before expense offset,     exclusive of interest and residual trust     expenses)					0.82	% (2)(3)			0.84	%			0.88	%			0.89	%			0.83	% (3)			0.78	% (3)
Net investment income before preferred     stock dividends					6.70	% (2)			6.66	%			6.41	%			6.48	%			6.58	%			7.19	%
Preferred stock dividends					2.21	% (2)			1.78	%			1.01	%			1.01	%			1.05	%			1.29	%
Net investment income available to common     shareholders					4.49	% (2)			4.88	%			5.40	%			5.47	%			5.53	%			5.90	%
Supplemental Data:
Net assets applicable to common     shareholders, end of period, in thousands					$362,801				$374,247				$385,494				$407,553				$430,353				$450,417
Asset coverage on preferred shares at end of     period					274	%			280	%			285	%			296	%			307	%			316	%
Portfolio turnover rate					9	% (1)			14	%			14	%			16	%			41	%			20	%

*

The per share amounts were computed using an average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

†

Total return is based upon the current market value on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions are assumed to be reinvested at the prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total return does not reflect brokerage commissions.

(1)

Not annualized.

(2)

Annualized.

(3)

Does not reflect the effect of the expense offset of 0.01%.

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Trustees Frank L. Bowman Michael Bozic Kathleen A. Dennis James F. Higgins Dr. Manuel H. Johnson Joseph J. Kearns Michael F. Klein Michael E. Nugent W. Allen Reed Fergus Reid Officers Michael E. Nugent Chairperson of the Board Ronald E. Robison President and Principal Executive Officer J. David Germany Vice President Dennis F. Shea Vice President Amy R. Doberman Vice President Carsten Otto Chief Compliance Officer Stefanie V. Chang Yu Vice President Francis J. Smith Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Mary E. Mullin Secretary Transfer Agent Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two Jersey City, New Jersey 07311 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Deloitte & Touche LLP Two World Financial Center New York, New York 10281 Legal Counsel Clifford Chance US LLP 31 West 52nd Street New York, New York 10019 Counsel to the Independent Trustees Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Investment Adviser Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 The financial statements included herein have been taken from therecords of the Trust without examination by the independent auditorsand accordingly they do not express an opinion thereon. © 2007 Morgan Stanley IQISAN-IU07-01580P-Y04/07		MORGAN STANLEY FUNDS
		Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust Semiannual Report April 30, 2007

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Item 2.  Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

Item 3.  Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

Item 6.

Refer to Item 1.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End
Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable for semiannual reports.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Applicable only to reports covering periods ending on or after December 31,
2005.





Item 9. Closed-End Fund Repurchases


                                               REGISTRANT PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------

Period                      (a) Total Number  (b) Average Price    (c) Total Number of   (d) Maximum Number
                            of Shares (or     Paid per Share (or   Shares (or Units)     (or Approximate
                            Units) Purchased  Unit)                Purchased as Part     Dollar Value) of
                                                                   of Publicly           Shares (or Units)
                                                                   Announced Plans or    that May Yet Be
                                                                   Programs              Purchased Under
                                                                                         the Plans or
                                                                                         Programs
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
November 1, 2006--
November 30, 2006           47,500            $14.3464                     N/A                   N/A
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
December 1, 2006--
December 31, 2006           49,500            $14.3740                     N/A                   N/A
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
January 1, 2007--
January 31, 2007            48,800            $14.3803                     N/A                   N/A
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
February 1, 2007--
February 28, 2007           37,400            $14.3553                     N/A                   N/A
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
March 1, 2007--
March 31, 2007              41,900            $14.4179                     N/A                   N/A
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
April 1, 2007--
April 30, 2007              6,100             $14.3969                     N/A                   N/A
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------
Total                       231,200           $14.3785                     N/A                   N/A
--------------------------- ----------------- -------------------- --------------------- --------------------



Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not applicable.




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Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a) The Trust's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have
concluded that the Trust's disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust in this Form N-CSR
was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, based
upon such officers' evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date
within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered
by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12. Exhibits

(a) Code of Ethics - Not applicable for semiannual reports.

(b) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal
financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto as part of EX-99.CERT.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

/s/ Ronald E. Robison
Ronald E. Robison
Principal Executive Officer
June 21, 2007

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following
persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.

/s/ Ronald E. Robison
Ronald E. Robison
Principal Executive Officer
June 21, 2007

/s/ Francis Smith
Francis Smith
Principal Financial Officer
June 21, 2007


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 12 B1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

                                 CERTIFICATIONS
                                 --------------

I, Ronald E. Robison, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Morgan Stanley Quality
     Municipal Income Trust;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
     information included in this report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
     assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include
     a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
     presented in this report;

4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal
     control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the
     Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
     controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
     that material information relating to the registrant, including its
     consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
     entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
     prepared;

b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
     internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
     supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
     financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
     external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
     principles;

c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
     procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
     effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date
     within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such
     evaluation; and

d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control
     over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of
     the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
     reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control
     over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the
     registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of
     directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


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a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
     likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
     summarize, and report financial information; and

b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
     employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls
     over financial reporting.

Date: June 21, 2007
                                               /s/ Ronald E. Robison
                                               Ronald E. Robison
                                               Principal Executive Officer


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                                                                   EXHIBIT 12 B2

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

                                 CERTIFICATIONS
                                 --------------

I, Francis Smith, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley
     Quality Municipal Income Trust;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
     information included in this report, fairly present in all material
     respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net
     assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include
     a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods
     presented in this report;

4.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal
     control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the
     Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
     controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
     that material information relating to the registrant, including its
     consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
     entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
     prepared;

b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
     internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
     supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
     financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
     external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
     principles;

c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
     procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
     effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date
     within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such
     evaluation; and

d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control
     over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of
     the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
     reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control
     over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the
     registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of
     directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


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a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
     likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process,
     summarize, and report financial information; and

b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
     employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal controls
     over financial reporting.

Date: June 21, 2007
                                               /s/ Francis Smith
                                               Francis Smith
                                               Principal Financial  Officer


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                            SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

                Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
                             As Adopted Pursuant to
                  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

     In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR (the "Report") of the
above-named issuer for the period ended April 30, 2007 that is accompanied by
this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer.



Date: June 21, 2007                            /s/ Ronald E. Robison
                                               ---------------------------
                                               Ronald E. Robison
                                               Principal Executive Officer


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust and will be retained
Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust and furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


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                            SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

                Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
                             As Adopted Pursuant to
                  Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust

     In connection with the Report on Form N-CSR (the "Report") of the
above-named issuer for the period ended April 30, 2007 that is accompanied by
this certification, the undersigned hereby certifies that:

1.   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
     respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer.



Date: June 21, 2007                            /s/ Francis Smith
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                                               Francis Smith
                                               Principal Financial Officer


A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust and will be Morgan
Stanley Quality Municipal Income Trust and furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


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