Surah Al-Qasas · Ayah 19·Makkī

19

فَلَمَّآ أَنْ أَن بِٱلَّذِى هُوَ لَّهُمَا يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ أَن كَمَا بِٱلْأَمْسِ إِن إِلَّآ أَن فِى وَمَا أَن مِنَ ﴿١٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

کسی که دشمن هر دوی آنها بود

بیشتر مفسران گفته‌اند که کسی که به موسی گفت «می‌خواهی مرا بکشی؛ همان‌طور که دیروز انسانی را کشتی» همان کسی بود که روز پیشتر موسی را به کمک طلبید. مرد بنی‌اسرائیلی که خیال کرده بود موسی با این توبیخ بنا دارد او را مانند قبطی دیروز به قتل برسانده از خشم او بیمناک شد و چنین گفت. از سخن او قبطی طرف دعوایش فهمید که قاتل قبطی دیروزء موسی بوده است. پس به دربار فرعون برگشت و جریان را به وی گزارش داد. فرعون و درباریانش به مشورت نشستند و سرانجام تصمیم به قتل موسی گرفتند. پس منظور از «الذی هو عدو لهما» همان شخصی است که روز قبل از آن نیز با یک قبطی دیگر درگیر شد و موسی به او کمک کرد. قرآن نیز با آوردن این جمله نشان می‌دهد که آنچه در تورات آمده که دو طرف دعوا در آن روز بنی‌اسرائیلی بودند» صحیح نیست؛ بلکه یکی از آنها بنیاسرائیلی و دیگری فرعونی بوده است.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 10 roots in 15 of 32 words

Rarest here: ب-ط-ش 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 39 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār9
  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Madd ṭabīʿī18
  • Qalqalah2
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

32 words · 118 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 19 of 88

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَٱسْتَغَٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction…

  • وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ غَضْبَٰنَ أَسِفًا قَالَ بِئْسَمَا خَلَفْتُمُونِى مِنۢ بَعْدِىٓ أَعَجِلْتُمْ أَمْرَ رَبِّكُمْ وَأَلْقَى ٱلْأَلْوَاحَ وَأَخَذَ بِرَأْسِ أَخِيهِ يَجُرُّهُۥٓ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ ٱبْنَ أُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱسْتَضْعَفُونِى وَكَادُوا۟ يَقْتُلُونَنِى فَلَا تُشْمِتْ بِىَ ٱلْأَعْدَآءَ وَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى مَعَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And when Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved, he said, "How wretched is that by which you have replaced me after [my departure]. Were you impatient over the matter of…

  • فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا

    So they set out, until when they met a boy, al-Khidh r killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a…

  • وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ

    And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."

  • أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمُ ٱلْأَقْدَمُونَ

    You and your ancient forefathers?

  • ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَٰلِحِينَ

    Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1302 shared roots

    وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

    ب-ط-شج-ب-ر

  • Al-Maaida 5:222 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّ فِيهَا قَوْمًا جَبَّارِينَ وَإِنَّا لَن نَّدْخُلَهَا حَتَّىٰ يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّا دَٰخِلُونَ

    ج-ب-رق-و-ل

  • Qaaf 50:452 shared roots

    نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِجَبَّارٍ فَذَكِّرْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَن يَخَافُ وَعِيدِ

    ج-ب-رق-و-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:1902 shared roots

    وَقَٰتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

    ع-د-وق-ت-ل

  • Maryam 19:142 shared roots

    وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا

    ج-ب-رك-و-ن

  • Al-Qasas 28:333 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى قَتَلْتُ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسًا فَأَخَافُ أَن يَقْتُلُونِ

    ق-ت-لن-ف-سق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 28:19?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 28:19 include Quran 28:15 (Surah Al-Qasas), Quran 7:150 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 18:74 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 40:26 (Surah Al-Ghaafir). For example, 28:15 reads: “And he entered the city at a time of inattention by its people and found therein two men fighting: one from his faction and one from among his enemy. And the one from his faction…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 28:19 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 28:19 (Surah Al-Qasas, The Stories) reads: “And when he wanted to strike the one who was an enemy to both of them, he said, "O Moses, do you intend to kill me as you killed someone yesterday? You only want to be a tyrant in the land and do not want to be of the amenders."”

Which surah is verse 28:19 in?

Quran 28:19 is āyah 19 of Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), chapter 28 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 28:19?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 28:19 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 28:19?

Tartīl presents Quran 28:19 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.