Quran 28:20 — Al-Qasas, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then a man came running from the furthest part of the city and said, ‘Moses, the authorities are talking about killing you, so leave- this is my sincere advice.’
وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنَّ الْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَاخْرُجْ إِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ النَّاصِحِينَ
wajāa rajulun min aqṣā l-madīnati yasʿā qāla yāmūsā inna l-mala-a yatamirūna bika liyaqtulūka fa-ukh'ruj innī laka mina l-nāṣiḥīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then came a man from the furthest part of the city, running; he said, 'Moses, the Council are conspiring to slay thee. Depart; I am one of thy sincere advisers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [then and there] a man came running from the farthermost end of the city, and said: “O Moses! Behold, the great ones [of the kingdom] are deliberating upon thy case with a view to killing thee! Begone, then: verily, I am of those who wish thee well!”
- Sahih International
- And a man came from the farthest end of the city, running. He said, "O Moses, indeed the eminent ones are conferring over you [intending] to kill you, so leave [the city]; indeed, I am to you of the sincere advisors."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَآءَwajāa | And came | جيأ |
| 2 | رَجُلٌۭrajulun | a man | رجل |
| 3 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 4 | أَقْصَاaqṣā | (the) farthest end | قصو |
| 5 | ٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnati | (of) the city | مدن |
| 6 | يَسْعَىٰyasʿā | running | سعي |
| 7 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 8 | يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsā | O Musa | — |
| 9 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 10 | ٱلْمَلَأَl-mala-a | the chiefs | ملأ |
| 11 | يَأْتَمِرُونَyatamirūna | are taking counsel | أمر |
| 12 | بِكَbika | about you | — |
| 13 | لِيَقْتُلُوكَliyaqtulūka | to kill you | قتل |
| 14 | فَٱخْرُجْfa-ukh'ruj | so leave | خرج |
| 15 | إِنِّىinnī | indeed, I am | — |
| 16 | لَكَlaka | to you | — |
| 17 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 18 | ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَl-nāṣiḥīna | the sincere advisors | نصح |