Quran 28:19

Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 19

Juz 20 · Page 387 · Ruku 335 · Meccan

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

Word by word

فَلَمَّآ falammā Then when أَنْ an [that] أَرَادَ arāda he wanted أَن an to يَبْطِشَ yabṭisha strike بِٱلَّذِى bi-alladhī the one who هُوَ huwa [he] (was) عَدُوٌّۭ ʿaduwwun an enemy لَّهُمَا lahumā to both of them قَالَ qāla he said يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ yāmūsā O Musa أَتُرِيدُ aturīdu Do you intend أَن an to تَقْتُلَنِى taqtulanī kill me كَمَا kamā as قَتَلْتَ qatalta you killed نَفْسًۢا nafsan a person بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖ bil-amsi yesterday إِن in Not تُرِيدُ turīdu you want إِلَّآ illā but أَن an that تَكُونَ takūna you become جَبَّارًۭا jabbāran a tyrant فِى fī in ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth وَمَا wamā and not تُرِيدُ turīdu you want أَن an that تَكُونَ takūna you be مِنَ mina of ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ l-muṣ'liḥīna the reformers

Transliteration

Falamma an arada an yabtishabillathee huwa AAaduwwun lahuma qalaya moosa atureedu an taqtulanee kama qataltanafsan bil-amsi in tureedu illa an takoona jabbaranfee al-ardi wama tureedu an takoona mina almusliheen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And when he would have fallen upon the man who was an enemy unto them both, he said: O Moses! Wouldst thou kill me as thou didst kill a person yesterday. Thou wouldst be nothing but a tyrant in the land, thou wouldst not be of the reformers.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then, when he decided to lay hold of the man who was an enemy to both of them, that man said: "O Moses! Is it thy intention to slay me as thou slewest a man yesterday? Thy intention is none other than to become a powerful violent man in the land, and not to be one who sets things right!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فقال يدفع عن نفسه : ( يا موسى أتريد أن تقتلني كما قتلت نفسا بالأمس ) وذلك لأنه لم يعلم به إلا هو وموسى ، عليه السلام ، فلما سمعها ذلك القبطي لقفها من فمه ، ثم ذهب بها إلى باب فرعون فألقاها عنده ، فعلم بذلك ، فاشتد حنقه ، وعزم على قتل موسى ، فطلبوه فبعثوا وراءه ليحضروه لذلك .