The Stories
28. Al-Qaṣaṣ
القصص
al-Qaṣaṣ (The Story)
ٱلْقَصَص
28:19
فَلَمَّا
أَنْ
أَرَادَ
أَن
يَبْطِشَ
بِالَّذِي
هُوَ
عَدُوٌّ
لَّهُمَا
قَالَ
يَامُوسَى
أَتُرِيدُ
أَن
تَقْتُلَنِي
كَمَا
قَتَلْتَ
نَفْسًا
بِالْأَمْسِ
إِن
تُرِيدُ
إِلَّا
أَن
تَكُونَ
جَبَّارًا
فِي
الْأَرْضِ
وَمَا
تُرِيدُ
أَن
تَكُونَ
مِنَ
الْمُصْلِحِينَ
fa-lammā ʾan ʾarāda ʾan yabṭisha bi-lladhī huwa ʿaduwwun lahumā qāla yā-mūsā ʾa-turīdu ʾan taqtulanī ka-mā qatalta nafsan bi-l-ʾamsi ʾin turīdu ʾillā ʾan takūna jabbāran fī l-ʾarḍi wa-mā turīdu ʾan takūna mina l-muṣliḥīna
When Moses was about to attack their enemy, he said, "Moses, do you want to kill me as you slew a soul the other day? Do you want to become a tyrant in the land, not a reformer?"