Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 15 (28:15)

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وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ …

Quran 28:15 is ayah 15 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 387 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:15
وَدَخَلَٱلْمَدِينَةَعَلَىٰحِينِغَفْلَةٍمِّنْأَهْلِهَافَوَجَدَفِيهَارَجُلَيْنِيَقْتَتِلَانِهَٰذَامِنشِيعَتِهِۦوَهَٰذَامِنْعَدُوِّهِۦ ۖفَٱسْتَغَٰثَهُٱلَّذِىمِنشِيعَتِهِۦعَلَىٱلَّذِىمِنْعَدُوِّهِۦفَوَكَزَهُۥمُوسَىٰفَقَضَىٰعَلَيْهِ ۖقَالَهَٰذَامِنْعَمَلِٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ۖإِنَّهُۥعَدُوٌّمُّضِلٌّمُّبِينٌ١٥
wadakhala l-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatin min ahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihi wahādhā min ʿaduwwihi fa-is'taghāthahu alladhī min shīʿatihi ʿalā alladhī min ʿaduwwihi fawakazahu mūsā faqaḍā ʿalayhi qāla hādhā min ʿamali l-shayṭāni innahu ʿaduwwun muḍillun mubīnun

And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."(15)

Word by word

  1. وَدَخَلَwadakhalaAnd he entered
  2. ٱلْمَدِينَةَl-madīnatathe city
  3. عَلَىٰʿalāat
  4. حِينِḥīnia time
  5. غَفْلَةٍghaflatin(of) inattention
  6. مِّنْminof
  7. أَهْلِهَاahlihāits people
  8. فَوَجَدَfawajadaand found
  9. فِيهَاfīhātherein
  10. رَجُلَيْنِrajulaynitwo men
  11. يَقْتَتِلَانِyaqtatilānifighting each other
  12. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  13. مِنminof
  14. شِيعَتِهِۦshīʿatihihis party
  15. وَهَٰذَاwahādhāand this
  16. مِنْminof
  17. عَدُوِّهِۦ ۖʿaduwwihihis enemy
  18. فَٱسْتَغَٰثَهُfa-is'taghāthahuAnd called him for help
  19. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
  20. مِنmin(was) from
  21. شِيعَتِهِۦshīʿatihihis party
  22. عَلَىʿalāagainst
  23. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe one who
  24. مِنْmin(was) from
  25. عَدُوِّهِۦʿaduwwihihis enemy
  26. فَوَكَزَهُۥfawakazahuso Musa struck him with his fist
  27. مُوسَىٰmūsāso Musa struck him with his fist
  28. فَقَضَىٰfaqaḍāand killed him
  29. عَلَيْهِ ۖʿalayhiand killed him
  30. قَالَqālaHe said
  31. هَٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
  32. مِنْminof
  33. عَمَلِʿamali(the) deed
  34. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ۖl-shayṭāni(of) Shaitaan
  35. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  36. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(is) an enemy
  37. مُّضِلٌّmuḍillunone who misleads
  38. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclearly

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