The Stories
28. Al-Qaṣaṣ
القصص
al-Qaṣaṣ (The Story)
ٱلْقَصَص
28:15
وَدَخَلَ
الْمَدِينَةَ
عَلَى
حِينِ
غَفْلَةٍ
مِّنْ
أَهْلِهَا
فَوَجَدَ
فِيهَا
رَجُلَيْنِ
يَقْتَتِلَانِ
هَذَا
مِن
شِيعَتِهِ
وَهَذَا
مِنْ
عَدُوِّهِ
فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ
الَّذِي
مِن
شِيعَتِهِ
عَلَى
الَّذِي
مِنْ
عَدُوِّهِ
فَوَكَزَهُ
مُوسَى
فَقَضَى
عَلَيْهِ
قَالَ
هَذَا
مِنْ
عَمَلِ
الشَّيْطَانِ
إِنَّهُ
عَدُوٌّ
مُّضِلٌّ
مُّبِينٌ
wa-dakhala l-madīnata ʿalā ḥīni ghaflatin min ʾahlihā fa-wajada fīhā rajulayni yaqtatilāni hādhā min shīʿatihī wa-hādhā min ʿaduwwihī fa-staghāthahu lladhī min shīʿatihī ʿalā lladhī min ʿaduwwihī fa-wakazahū mūsā fa-qaḍā ʿalayhi qāla hādhā min ʿamali sh-shayṭāni ʾinnahū ʿaduwwun muḍillun mubīnun
He entered the city without the knowledge of its inhabitants and found two men fighting each other. One was his follower and the other his enemy. His follower asked him for help. Moses struck his enemy to death, but later said, "It was the work of satan; he is the sworn enemy of the human being and wants to mislead him".