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Quran 28:19

Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), verse 19 of 88 · Juz 20

فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَبْطِشَ بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَّهُمَا قَالَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَتُرِيدُ أَن تَقْتُلَنِى كَمَا قَتَلْتَ نَفْسًۢا بِٱلْأَمْسِ ۖ إِن تُرِيدُ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ جَبَّارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا تُرِيدُ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِينَ

Translations of Quran 28:19
EnglishTalal Itani

As he was about to strike the one who was their enemy, he said, “O Moses, do you intend to kill me, as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a bully in the land, and do not want to be a peacemaker.”

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And when he would have fallen upon the man who was an enemy unto them both, he said: O Moses! Wouldst thou kill me as thou didst kill a person yesterday. Thou wouldst be nothing but a tyrant in the land, thou wouldst not be of the reformers.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Deyip de o ikisinin bir düşmanı olan herifi yakalayıvermek isteyince: ya Musâ dedi: dün bir adamı öldürdüğün gibi benî de öldürmek mi istiyorsun, ara düzelticilerden olmak istemeyip de yer yüzünde bir zorba mı olmak istiyorsun

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

Et quand il voulut repousser par la force l’homme leur ennemi commun, son compatriote lui dit : Voudrais-tu me tuer comme tu as tué hier un homme ? Tu veux donc devenir tyran dans ce pays ? Tu ne veux pas, à ce qu’on voit, être des justes ?

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

En toen hij hem, die een vijand van hen beide was, trachtte te grijpen, zeide hij: O Mozes! wilt gij mij dooden, zooals gij gisteren een man hebt gedood? Gij tracht slechts een verdrukker op aarde te wezen, en zoekt niet een bijlegger van twisten te zijn.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

E quando volle respingere colla forza il loro nemico comune, (il suo concittadino) gli disse: Vorrai uccidermi, come uccidesti jeri un altro? Vuoi dunque divenire tiranno in questo paese? Non vuoi, a quel che si vede, esser dei giusti?

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.