Easy-read (simplified)falammaa an araada an yabtisha billadhee huwa 'aduwwun lahumaa qaala yaa moosaa atureedu an taqtulanee kamaa qatalta nafsan bil-'amsi in tureedu illaa an takoona jabbaaran fee l-'ardi wamaa tureedu an takoona mina l-musliheen
Marked words appear in this translation and in no other English translation of this verse. Common small words and older spellings are not marked. The marks show where the wording differs, not where the meaning does.
Talal Itani· published 2012
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."
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 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
Sources
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
And when he wished to assault him who was the enemy to them both, he said, 'O Moses! dost thou desire to kill me as thou didst kill a person yesterday? thou dost only desire to be a tyrant in the earth; and thou dost not desire to be of those who do right
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when he would have laidviolenthands on him who was their commonfoe, he said to him, "O Moses, dost thou desire to slay me, as thou slayedst a man yesterday? Thou desirest only to become a tyrant in this land, and desirest not to become a peacemaker
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
And when he sought to layhold on him who was an enemy unto them both, he said, O Moses, dost thou intend to kill me, as thou killedst a man yesterday? Thou seekest only to be an oppressor in the earth, and seekest not to be a reconciler of quarrels
Sources
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Other languages (18)Shqip · Albanian
Kur deshi të përdorte forcën kundër atij që ishte armik i të dyve, ai tha: "O Musa, a dëshiron të më vrasësh mua ashtu siç vrave një njeri dje? Ti dëshiron thjesht të bëhesh kryelartë në tokë dhe nuk dëshiron të bëhesh përmirësues."
Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
অতঃপর যখন সে (মূসা) তাদের উভয়ের শত্রুকে পাকড়াও করতে উদ্যত হলো, তখন সে (ইসরাঈলী লোকটি) বলল, ‘হে মূসা! তুমি কি আমাকে হত্যা করতে চাও, যেমন গতকাল একটি প্রাণ হত্যা করেছিলে? তুমি তো কেবল পৃথিবীতে একজন অত্যাচারী হতে চাও, আর তুমি কখনোই সংশোধনকারীদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হতে চাও না।’
Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Dawah Association in Rabwah, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
I kad htjede ščepati zajedničkog im neprijatelja, reče mu njegov sunarodnik: “O Musa, zar ćeš ubiti i mene kao što si jučer ubio čovjeka? Ti hoćeš na Zemlji silu provoditi, a ne želiš miriti.”
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
I kad htjede ščepati zajedničkog im neprijatelja, reče mu njegov sunarodnik: “O Mojsije, zar ćeš ubiti i mene kao što si jučer ubio čovjeka? Ti hoćeš na Zemlji silu provoditi, a ne želiš miriti.”
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Nde Muusaa faandinoo nanngugol tawɗo on ko gaño maɓɓe kamɓe ɗiɗo, o wi'i: "ey ma yo Muusaa, a faala bargol lam, wano ittirnoɗaa woŋkii non haŋki? A faandaaki, si wonaa wonugol dunndarankeejo ka leydi, a faandaaki jeyeede e moƴƴinooɓe ɓeen".
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
და როცა [მუსამ] ისურვა დაერტყა [ძლიერად] მისთვის რომელიც იყო მათი მტერი, უთხრა [მტერმა]: «ჰეი მუსა, ნუთუ გსურს, მეც ისევე მომკლა, როგორც ის მოკალი გუშინ? ეგებ გსურს, რომ იყო ტირანი [უსამართლო] ქვეყანაზე, და არ გსურს, რომ იყო შემრიგებელთაგანი».
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Als er nun mit Gewalt denjenigen packen wollte, der ihrer beider Feind war, sagte er (also der Israilite): „O Musa, willst du denn mich töten, wie du gestern eine (Menschen)seele getötet hast? Du willst ja nur ein Gewalttäter im Land sein, und du willst nicht zu den Heilstiftern gehören.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Όταν ήρθε (ο Μωυσής) να χτυπήσει αυτόν που ήταν εχθρός και των δύο, (εκείνος που του ζήτησε βοήθεια, νόμιζε ότι ο Μωυσής θα σκότωνε τον ίδιο, επειδή ο Μωυσής του είπε: «Είσαι ξεκάθαρα παραπλανημένος», και έτσι) είπε: «Ω, Μωυσή! Θες να με σκοτώσεις όπως σκότωσες κάποιον χθες; Πράγματι, δε θες παρά να είσαι ένας τύραννος στη γη, και δε θες να είσαι ένας απ' αυτούς που διορθώνουν τα πράγματα (και σκορπίζουν το καλό στη γη)!»
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
फिर जब उस (मूसा) ने उसे पकड़ना चाहा, जो उन दोनों का शत्रु था, तो उस (इसराईली) ने कहा : ऐ मूसा! क्या तू मुझे मारना चाहता है, जैसे तूने कल एक व्यक्ति को मार डाला था? तू केवल यही चाहता है कि धरती में शक्तिशाली बन जाए और तू नहीं चाहता कि सुधार करने वालों में से हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Quando stava per colpire il loro nemico comune, quello gli disse: «O Mūsā, vuoi tu uccidermi come hai ucciso un’anima ieri? Vuoi solo essere un prepotente in questa terra e non vuoi essere tra i benefattori!”
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
19. Tada kai jis nusprenė pričiupti vyrą, kuris buvo priešas jiems abiem, vyras tarė: „Mūsa (Moze), ar tu ketini nužudyti mane taip pat kaip tu nužudei žmogų vakar? Tavo tikslas yra ne kas kita, tik tapimas tironu žemėje, o ne iš tų, kurie daro teisingą.“
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.8
Afaan Oromoo · Oromo
Yeroma inni isa isaan lamaaniifuu diina ta’e qabuu fedhe, inni “Yaa Muusaa! Sila akkuma kaleessa lubbuu ajjeefte anas ajjeesuu feetaa? Ati dachii keessatti abbaa irree ta’uu malee hin feetu; toltuu hojjattoota irraa ta’uu hin feetu” jedheen.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Когда же он захотел схватить того, кто был их общим врагом, тот воскликнул: «О Муса! Неужели ты хочешь убить меня, как убил человека накануне? Воистину, ты стремишься лишь стать тираном на земле и не желаешь быть одним из примиряющих».
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
И кад хтеде шчепати заједничког им непријатеља, рече му онај: “О Мојсије, зар ћеш убити и мене као што си јуче убио човека? Ти хоћеш на Земљи силу проводити, а не желиш мирити.”
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Basi alipotaka kumshika kwa nguvu yule aliye adui wao wote wawili, akasema, "Ewe Musa, unataka kuniua kama ulivyomuuwa mwanamume jana? Wewe hutaki isipokuwa kuwa jabari katika ardhi, wala hutaki kuwa miongoni mwa wale watengenezao mambo."
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Just när Mose höjde sin hand mot deras gemensamma fiende sa denne: ”Mose! Ska du döda mig så som du dödade mannen i går? Du vill bara härska med våld här i landet och du vill inte skapa försoning!”
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Mûsâ, ikisinin de düşmanı olan kimseyi tutup yakalamak isteyince: "Ey Mûsâ! Dün birisini öldürdüğün gibi beni de öldürmek mi istiyorsun?" dedi. "Sen, ıslah edenlerden olmayı değil, ülkede bir zorba olmayı istiyorsun." dedi.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
پھر جب اپنے اور اس کے دشمن کو پکڑنا چاہا[1] وه فریادی کہنے لگا کہ[2] موسیٰ (علیہ السلام) کیا جس طرح تو نے کل ایک شخص کو قتل کیا ہے مجھے بھی مار ڈالنا چاہتا ہے، تو تو ملک میں ﻇالم وسرکش ہونا ہی چاہتا ہے اور تیرا یہ اراده ہی نہیں کہ ملاپ کرنے والوں میں سے ہو.
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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Talal Itani2012 The next morning, he went about in the city, fearful and vigilant, when the man who had sought his assistance the day before was shouting out to him. Moses said to him, "You are clearly a troublemaker."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And morning found him in the city, fearing, vigilant, when behold! he who had appealed to him the day before cried out to him for help. Moses said unto him: Lo! thou art indeed a mere hothead
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And on the morrow he was afraid in the city, expectant. And behold, he whom he had helped the day before cried (again) to him for aid. Said Moses to Him, 'Verily, thou art obviously quarrelsome
John Medows Rodwell1861 And in the city at noon he was full of fear, casting furtive glances round him: and lo! the man whom he had helped the day before, cried out to him again for help. Said Moses to him, "Thou art plainly a most depraved person
George Sale1734 And the next morning he was afraid in the city, and looked about him, as one apprehensive of danger: And behold, he whom he had assisted the day before, cried out unto him for help a secong time. But Moses said unto him, thou art plainly a quarrelsome fellow
Easy-read (simplified)wajaa'a rajulun min aqsaa l-madeenati yas'aa qaala yaa moosaa inna l-mala'a ya'tamiroona bika liyaqtulooka fakhruj innee laka mina n-naasiheen
DIN 31635waǧāʾa raǧulun min ʾaqṣā l-madīnati yasʿā qāla yā mūsā ʾinna l-malaʾa yaʾtamirūna bika liyaqtulūka faḫruǧ ʾinnī laka mina n-nāṣiḥīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 And a man came from the farthest part of the city running. He said, "O Moses, the authorities are considering killing you, so leave; I am giving you good advice."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And a man came from the uttermost part of the city, running. He said: O Moses! Lo! the chiefs take counsel against thee to slay thee; therefor escape. Lo! I am of those who give thee good advice
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And a man came from the remote parts of the city running, said he, 'O Moses! verily, the chiefs are deliberating concerning thee to kill thee; go then forth; verily, I am to you a sincere adviser
John Medows Rodwell1861 But a man came running up from the city's end. He said, "O Moses, of a truth, the nobles consult to slay thee - Begone then - I counsel thee as a friend
George Sale1734 And a certain man came from the farther part of the city, running hastily, and said, O Moses, verily the magistrates are deliberating concerning thee, to put thee to death: Depart therefore; I certainly advise thee well
DIN 31635faḫaraǧa minhā ḫāʾifan yataraqqabu qāla rabbi naǧǧinī mina l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 So he left, fearful and vigilant. He said, "My Lord, deliver me from the wrongdoing people."
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 So he escaped from thence, fearing, vigilant. He said: My Lord! Deliver me from the wrongdoing folk
Edward Henry Palmer1880 So he went forth therefrom, afraid and expectant. Said he, 'Lord, save me from the unjust people
John Medows Rodwell1861 So forth he went from it in fear, looking warily about him. He said, "O Lord, deliver me from the unjust people
George Sale1734 Wherefore he departed out of the city in great fear, looking this way and that, lest he should be pursued. And he said, O Lord, deliver me from the unjust people
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.65
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.65
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.64
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.63
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.63
Talal Itani · George Sale0.62
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.61
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.52
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.48
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.