Surah 28 Al-Qasas — Ayah 20
وَجَآءَ رَجُلٌۭ مِّنْ أَقْصَا ٱلْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱلْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَٱخْرُجْ إِنِّى لَكَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰصِحِينَ
Waxaana ka Yimid Magaalada Xageeda God Nin Ordi oo leh Muusow, Qoomku waxay ku Tashanayaan inay ku Dilaan ee Bax Anuguna waan kuu Naseexayne.
wajāa rajulun min aqṣā l-madīnati yasʿā qāla yāmūsā inna l-mala-a yatamirūna bika liyaqtulūka fa-ukh'ruj innī laka mina l-nāṣiḥīna
Word by word
- وَجَآءَ wajāa And came
- رَجُلٌۭ rajulun a man
- مِّنْ min from
- أَقْصَا aqṣā (the) farthest end
- ٱلْمَدِينَةِ l-madīnati (of) the city
- يَسْعَىٰ yasʿā running
- قَالَ qāla He said
- يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ yāmūsā O Musa
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- ٱلْمَلَأَ l-mala-a the chiefs
- يَأْتَمِرُونَ yatamirūna are taking counsel
- بِكَ bika about you
- لِيَقْتُلُوكَ liyaqtulūka to kill you
- فَٱخْرُجْ fa-ukh'ruj so leave
- إِنِّى innī indeed, I am
- لَكَ laka to you
- مِنَ mina of
- ٱلنَّـٰصِحِينَ l-nāṣiḥīna the sincere advisors
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
(And there came a man) He is described as being a man because he had the courage to take a different route, a shorter route than those who were sent after Musa, so he reached Musa first and said to him: "O Musa,
(Verily, the chiefs are taking counsel together about you.)," meaning, `they are consulting with one another about you.'
(to kill you, so escape.) means, from this land.
(Truly, I am one of the good advisers to you.)