Surah Ash-Shu'ara (الشعراء) • The Poets

Quran 26:20

26:20

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīna

[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray [i.e., ignorant].

— Saheeh International

Moses replied, ‘I was misguided when I did it

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Mûsâ (Moses) said: "I did it then, when I was ignorant (as regards my Lord and His Message).

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
فَعَلْتُهَآfaʿaltuhāI did it
إِذًۭاidhanwhen
وَأَنَا۠wa-anāI
مِنَmina(was) of
ٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnathose who are astray