Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 19 (28:19)

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فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن …

Quran 28:19 is ayah 19 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 387 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:19
فَلَمَّآأَنْأَرَادَأَنيَبْطِشَبِٱلَّذِىهُوَعَدُوٌّلَّهُمَاقَالَيَٰمُوسَىٰٓأَتُرِيدُأَنتَقْتُلَنِىكَمَاقَتَلْتَنَفْسًۢابِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖإِنتُرِيدُإِلَّآأَنتَكُونَجَبَّارًافِىٱلْأَرْضِوَمَاتُرِيدُأَنتَكُونَمِنَٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ١٩
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

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."(19)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
  2. أَنْan[that]
  3. أَرَادَarādahe wanted
  4. أَنanto
  5. يَبْطِشَyabṭishastrike
  6. بِٱلَّذِىbi-alladhīthe one who
  7. هُوَhuwa[he] (was)
  8. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwunan enemy
  9. لَّهُمَاlahumāto both of them
  10. قَالَqālahe said
  11. يَٰمُوسَىٰٓyāmūsāO Musa
  12. أَتُرِيدُaturīduDo you intend
  13. أَنanto
  14. تَقْتُلَنِىtaqtulanīkill me
  15. كَمَاkamāas
  16. قَتَلْتَqataltayou killed
  17. نَفْسًۢاnafsana person
  18. بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖbil-amsiyesterday
  19. إِنinNot
  20. تُرِيدُturīduyou want
  21. إِلَّآillābut
  22. أَنanthat
  23. تَكُونَtakūnayou become
  24. جَبَّارًاjabbārana tyrant
  25. فِىfīin
  26. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  27. وَمَاwamāand not
  28. تُرِيدُturīduyou want
  29. أَنanthat
  30. تَكُونَtakūnayou be
  31. مِنَminaof
  32. ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَl-muṣ'liḥīnathe reformers

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