فَخَرَجَ مِنۡهَا خَآئِفٗا يَتَرَقَّبُۖ قَالَ رَبِّ نَجِّنِي مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢١
So he left it, fearful and anticipating [apprehension]. He said, "My Lord, save me from the wrongdoing people."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَخَرَجَSo he leftfakharaja
- مِنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
- خَآئِفٗاfearingkhāifan
- يَتَرَقَّبُۖ(and) vigilantyataraqqabu
- قَالَHe saidqāla
- رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
- نَجِّنِيSave menajjinī
- مِنَfrommina
- ٱلۡقَوۡمِthe people l-qawmi
- ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna
Tafsir
So Moses acted according to the instruction of the well-wishing man and left the city in fear and anxiety over what may happen. He said, beseeching his Lord, “O my Lord! save me from the oppressive nation, so that they cannot harm me.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran