Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:72

2:72

وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ

wa-idh qataltum nafsan fa-iddāratum fīhā wal-lahu mukh'rijun mā kuntum taktumūna

And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allāh was to bring out that which you were concealing.

— Saheeh International

Then, when you [Israelites] killed someone and started to blame one another- although God was to bring what you had concealed to light-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when you killed a man and fell into dispute among yourselves as to the crime. But Allâh brought forth that which you were hiding.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قَتَلْتُمْqataltumyou killed
نَفْسًۭاnafsana man
فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْfa-iddāratumthen you disputed
فِيهَاۖfīhāconcerning it
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahubut Allah
مُخْرِجٌۭmukh'rijun(is) the One Who brought forth
مَّاmāwhat
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
تَكْتُمُونَtaktumūnaconcealing