Quran 28:19 — Al-Qasas, verse 19
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.’
فَلَمَّا أَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْطِشَ بِالَّذِي هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَهُمَا قَالَ يَا مُوسَىٰ أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَقْتُلَنِي كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا بِالْأَمْسِ ۖ إِنْ تُرِيدُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ جَبَّارًا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But when he would have assaulted the man who was an enemy to them both, the man said, 'Moses, dost thou' desire to slay me, even as thou slewest a living 'soul yesterday? Thou only desirest to be a tyrant in the land; thou desirest not to be of them that put things right.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But then as soon as he was about to lay violent hands on the man who was their [common] enemy, the latter exclaimed: “O Moses, dost thou intend to slay me as thou didst slay another man yesterday? Thy sole aim is to become a tyrant in this land, for thou dost not care to be of those who would set things to rights!”
- Sahih International
- 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | Then when | — |
| 2 | أَنْan | [that] | — |
| 3 | أَرَادَarāda | he wanted | رود |
| 4 | أَنan | to | — |
| 5 | يَبْطِشَyabṭisha | strike | بطش |
| 6 | بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhī | the one who | — |
| 7 | هُوَhuwa | [he] (was) | — |
| 8 | عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun | an enemy | عدو |
| 9 | لَّهُمَاlahumā | to both of them | — |
| 10 | قَالَqāla | he said | قول |
| 11 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 12 | أَتُرِيدُaturīdu | Do you intend | رود |
| 13 | أَنan | to | — |
| 14 | تَقْتُلَنِىtaqtulanī | kill me | قتل |
| 15 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 16 | قَتَلْتَqatalta | you killed | قتل |
| 17 | نَفْسًۢاnafsan | a person | نفس |
| 18 | بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖbil-amsi | yesterday | — |
| 19 | إِنin | Not | — |
| 20 | تُرِيدُturīdu | you want | رود |
| 21 | إِلَّآillā | but | — |
| 22 | أَنan | that | — |
| 23 | تَكُونَtakūna | you become | كون |
| 24 | جَبَّارًۭاjabbāran | a tyrant | جبر |
| 25 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 26 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 27 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 28 | تُرِيدُturīdu | you want | رود |
| 29 | أَنan | that | — |
| 30 | تَكُونَtakūna | you be | كون |
| 31 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 32 | ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَl-muṣ'liḥīna | the reformers | صلح |