Quran 28:18 — Al-Qasas, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Next morning, he was walking in the city, fearful and vigilant, when suddenly the man he had helped the day before cried out to him for help. Moses said, ‘You are clearly a troublemaker.’
فَأَصْبَحَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ خَائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي اسْتَنْصَرَهُ بِالْأَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُ ۚ قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَىٰ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِيٌّ مُبِينٌ
fa-aṣbaḥa fī l-madīnati khāifan yataraqqabu fa-idhā alladhī is'tanṣarahu bil-amsi yastaṣrikhuhu qāla lahu mūsā innaka laghawiyyun mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now in the morning he was in the city, fearful and vigilant; and behold, the man who had sought his, succour on the day before cried out to him again. Moses said to him, 'Clearly thou art, a quarreller.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And next morning he found himself in the city, looking fearfully about him, when lo! the one who had sought his help the day before [once again] cried out to him [for help whereupon] Moses said unto him: “Behold, thou art indeed, most clearly, deeply in the wrong!
- Sahih International
- And he became inside the city fearful and anticipating [exposure], when suddenly the one who sought his help the previous day cried out to him [once again]. Moses said to him, "Indeed, you are an evident, [persistent] deviator."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَصْبَحَfa-aṣbaḥa | In the morning he was | صبح |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnati | the city | مدن |
| 4 | خَآئِفًۭاkhāifan | fearful | خوف |
| 5 | يَتَرَقَّبُyataraqqabu | (and) was vigilant | رقب |
| 6 | فَإِذَاfa-idhā | when behold | — |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | The one who | — |
| 8 | ٱسْتَنصَرَهُۥis'tanṣarahu | sought his help | نصر |
| 9 | بِٱلْأَمْسِbil-amsi | the previous day | — |
| 10 | يَسْتَصْرِخُهُۥ ۚyastaṣrikhuhu | cried out to him for help | صرخ |
| 11 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 12 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 13 | مُوسَىٰٓmūsā | Musa | — |
| 14 | إِنَّكَinnaka | Indeed, you | — |
| 15 | لَغَوِىٌّۭlaghawiyyun | (are) surely a deviator | غوي |
| 16 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | clear | بين |