Surah Al-Qasas (القصص) • The Stories

Quran 28:19

28:19

فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقْتُلَنِى كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۢا بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ

falammā an arāda an yabṭisha bi-alladhī huwa ʿaduwwun lahumā qāla yāmūsā aturīdu an taqtulanī kamā qatalta nafsan bil-amsi in turīdu illā an takūna jabbāran fī l-arḍi wamā turīdu an takūna mina l-muṣ'liḥīna

And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."

— Saheeh International

As he was about to attack the man who was an enemy to both of them, the man said, ‘Moses, are you going to kill me as you killed that person yesterday? You clearly want to be a tyrant in the land; you do not intend to put things right.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then when he decided to seize the man who was an enemy to both of them, the man said: "O Mûsâ (Moses)! Is it your intention to kill me as you killed a man yesterday? Your aim is nothing but to become a tyrant in the land, and not to be one of those who do right."

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

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Word by Word

فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
أَنْan[that]
أَرَادَarādahe wanted
أَنanto
يَبْطِشَyabṭishastrike
بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīthe one who
هُوَhuwa[he] (was)
عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
لَّهُمَاlahumāto both of them
قَالَqālahe said
يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
أَتُرِيدُaturīduDo you intend
أَنanto
تَقْتُلَنِىtaqtulanīkill me
كَمَاkamāas
قَتَلْتَqataltayou killed
نَفْسًۢاnafsana person
بِٱلْأَمْسِۖbil-amsiyesterday
إِنinNot
تُرِيدُturīduyou want
إِلَّآillābut
أَنanthat
تَكُونَtakūnayou become
جَبَّارًۭاjabbārana tyrant
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
وَمَاwamāand not
تُرِيدُturīduyou want
أَنanthat
تَكُونَtakūnayou be
مِنَminaof
ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَl-muṣ'liḥīnathe reformers