قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي قَتَلۡتُ مِنۡهُمۡ نَفۡسٗا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقۡتُلُونِ ٣٣
He said, "My Lord, indeed I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالَHe saidqāla
- رَبِّMy Lordrabbi
- إِنِّيIndeedinnī
- قَتَلۡتُI killedqataltu
- مِنۡهُمۡof themmin'hum
- نَفۡسٗاa mannafsan
- فَأَخَافُand I fearfa-akhāfu
- أَنthatan
- يَقۡتُلُونِthey will kill meyaqtulūni
Tafsir
Moses said, pleading to his Lord, “Indeed, I have killed a man from amongst them: the Copt that a man from my tribe sought my help against, and so I fear that if I was to go to convey to them the message I have been sent with, they will kill me in return.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran