Surah Al-Qasas 28:33 — translation and meaning
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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ
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قَالَ
qala
He said
رَبِّ
rabbi
My Lord!
إِنِّي
inni
Indeed
قَتَلْتُ
qataltu
I killed
مِنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
نَفْسًا
nafsan
a man
فَأَخَافُ
fa-akhafu
and I fear
أَن
an
that
يَقْتُلُونِ
yaqtuluni
they will kill me
Transliteration
Qaala Rabbi innee qataltu minhum nafsan fa akhaafu ai yaqtuloon
Translation
He said, "My Lord, indeed, I killed from among them someone, and I fear they will kill me.
Verse interpretation (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.”
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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