Quran 28:21 — Al-Qasas, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So Moses left the city, fearful and wary, and prayed, ‘My Lord, save me from people who do wrong.’
فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا خَائِفًا يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
fakharaja min'hā khāifan yataraqqabu qāla rabbi najjinī mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So he departed therefrom, fearful and vigilant; he said, 'My Lord, deliver me from the people of the evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- So he went forth from thence, looking fearfully about him, and prayed: “O my Sustainer! Save me from all evildoing folk!”
- Sahih International
- So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَخَرَجَfakharaja | So he left | خرج |
| 2 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 3 | خَآئِفًۭاkhāifan | fearing | خوف |
| 4 | يَتَرَقَّبُ ۖyataraqqabu | (and) vigilant | رقب |
| 5 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 6 | رَبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 7 | نَجِّنِىnajjinī | Save me | نجو |
| 8 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 9 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | the people | قوم |
| 10 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |