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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًۭا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "My Lord, indeed, I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
إِنِّىinnīIndeed
قَتَلْتُqataltuI killed
مِنْهُمْmin'humof them
نَفْسًۭاnafsana man
فَأَخَافُfa-akhāfuand I fear
أَنanthat
يَقْتُلُونِyaqtulūnithey will kill me

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

How Musa asked for the Support of His Brother and was granted that by AllahWhen Allah commanded him to go to Fir`awn, the one who he had run away from and whose vengeance he feared,قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْساً( Musa said: My Lord! I have killed a man among them,) meaning, that Coptic,فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ(and I fear that they will kill me.) i.e., `when they see me.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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