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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 33

سورة القصص، الآية ٣٣

28:33 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 389 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:33

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ ۝٣٣

Transliteration

qāla rabbi innī qataltu min'hum nafsan fa-akhāfu an yaqtulūni

Translation

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

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Verse 33 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:33), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 389 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 33

Al-Mukhtasar

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.”

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Other translations of verse 33

Moses said, “My Lord, I have killed one of their men, and I fear that they may kill me.

He said: "My Lord! I have killed a man among them, and I fear that they will kill me.

He said: My Lord! Lo! I killed a man among them and I fear that they will kill me.

He said: "O my Lord! I have slain a man among them, and I fear lest they slay me.

He said: My Lord! surely I killed one of them, so I fear lest they should slay me;

He said, "Lord! Surely I have killed a self among them; so I fear that they will kill me.

Verse 33 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. رَبِّ rabbi My Lord ر ب ب
  3. إِنِّى innī Indeed
  4. قَتَلْتُ qataltu I killed ق ت ل
  5. مِنْهُمْ min'hum of them
  6. نَفْسًا nafsan a man ن ف س
  7. فَأَخَافُ fa-akhāfu and I fear خ و ف
  8. أَن an that
  9. يَقْتُلُونِ yaqtulūni they will kill me ق ت ل

Verses related to verse 33

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Taha 20:27–32

    وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِى …

    And untie the knot from my tongue …

  • Taha 20:36

    قَالَ قَدْ أُوتِيتَ سُؤْلَكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    [Allāh] said, "You have been granted your request, O Moses.

  • Maryam 19:53

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥ مِن رَّحْمَتِنَآ أَخَاهُ هَٰرُونَ نَبِيًّا

    And We gave him out of Our mercy his brother Aaron as a prophet.

  • Al-Ahzab 33:69

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاذَوْا۟ مُوسَىٰ فَبَرَّأَهُ ٱللَّهُ مِمَّا قَالُوا۟ وَكَانَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَجِيهًا

    O you who have believed, be not like those who abused Moses; then Allāh cleared him of what they said. And he, in the sight of Allāh, was distinguished.

  • Al-Ma’idah 5:67

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّبِّكَ وَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the disbelieving people.

  • Al-Ahzab 33:39

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَلِّغُونَ رِسَٰلَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَخْشَوْنَهُۥ وَلَا يَخْشَوْنَ أَحَدًا إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ حَسِيبًا

    [Allāh praises] those who convey the messages of Allāh and fear Him and do not fear anyone but Allāh. And sufficient is Allāh as Accountant.

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