Al-Qasas (The Stories)
Verse 19of 88
فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّۭ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقْتُلَنِى كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۢا بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ﴿١٩﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
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."
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
How the Secret of this Killing became knownAllah tells us that when Musa killed that Coptic,فِى الْمَدِينَةِ خَآئِفاً(he became afraid in the city) meaning, of the consequences of his action,يَتَرَقَّبُ(looking about) means, turning around and watching out, waiting for the consequences of his action to befall him. He went out and about, and saw the man who sought his help the day before, fighting with another Coptic.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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