Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:15

28:15

وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَـٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَـٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ ۖ فَٱسْتَغَـٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ

wadakhala l-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatin min ahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihi wahādhā min ʿaduwwihi fa-is'taghāthahu alladhī min shīʿatihi ʿalā alladhī min ʿaduwwihi fawakazahu mūsā faqaḍā ʿalayhi qāla hādhā min ʿamali l-shayṭāni innahu ʿaduwwun muḍillun mubīnun

And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."

— Saheeh International

He entered the city, unnoticed by its people, and found two men fighting: one from his own people, the other an enemy. The one from his own people cried out to him for help against the enemy. Moses struck him with his fist and killed him. He said, ‘This must be Satan’s work: clearly he is a misleading enemy.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And he entered the city at a time of unawareness of its people: and he found there two men fighting, - one of his party (his religion - from the Children of Israel), and the other of his foes. The man of his (own) party asked him for help against his foe, so Mûsâ (Moses) struck him with his fist and killed him. He said: "This is of Shaitan’s (Satan) doing: verily, he is a plain misleading enemy."

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

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Word by Word

وَدَخَلَwadakhalaAnd he entered
ٱلْمَدِينَةَl-madīnatathe city
عَلَىٰʿalāat
حِينِḥīnia time
غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatin(of) inattention
مِّنْminof
أَهْلِهَاahlihāits people
فَوَجَدَfawajadaand found
فِيهَاfīhātherein
رَجُلَيْنِrajulaynitwo men
يَقْتَتِلَانِyaqtatilānifighting each other
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
مِنminof
شِيعَتِهِۦshīʿatihihis party
وَهَـٰذَاwahādhāand this
مِنْminof
عَدُوِّهِۦۖʿaduwwihihis enemy
فَٱسْتَغَـٰثَهُfa-is'taghāthahuAnd called him for help
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
مِنmin(was) from
شِيعَتِهِۦshīʿatihihis party
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
مِنْmin(was) from
عَدُوِّهِۦʿaduwwihihis enemy
فَوَكَزَهُۥfawakazahuso Musa struck him with his fist
مُوسَىٰmūsāso Musa struck him with his fist
فَقَضَىٰfaqaḍāand killed him
عَلَيْهِۖʿalayhiand killed him
قَالَqālaHe said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
مِنْminof
عَمَلِʿamali(the) deed
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِۖl-shayṭāni(of) Shaitaan
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun(is) an enemy
مُّضِلٌّۭmuḍillunone who misleads
مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclearly