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قَالُوا۟ They said يَـٰمُوسَىٰٓ O Musa إِنَّا Indeed, we لَن never نَّدْخُلَهَآ will enter it أَبَدًۭا ever مَّا for دَامُوا۟ as long as they are فِيهَا ۖ in it فَٱذْهَبْ So go أَنتَ you وَرَبُّكَ and your Lord فَقَـٰتِلَآ and you both fight إِنَّا Indeed, we هَـٰهُنَا are [here] قَـٰعِدُونَ sitting ٢٤

They said, "O Moses, indeed we will not enter it, ever, as long as they are within it; so go, you and your Lord, and fight. Indeed, we are remaining right here."

— Come To Light

قَالَ He said رَبِّ O my Lord إِنِّى Indeed, I لَآ (do) not أَمْلِكُ (have) power إِلَّا except نَفْسِى (over) myself وَأَخِى ۖ and my brother فَٱفْرُقْ so (make a) separation بَيْنَنَا between us وَبَيْنَ and between ٱلْقَوْمِ the people ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ (the) defiantly disobedient ٢٥

[Moses] said, "My Lord, indeed I do not possess [i.e., control] except myself and my brother, so part us from the defiantly disobedient people."

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قَالَ (Allah) said فَإِنَّهَا Then indeed it مُحَرَّمَةٌ (will be) forbidden عَلَيْهِمْ ۛ to them أَرْبَعِينَ (for) forty سَنَةًۭ ۛ years يَتِيهُونَ they will wander فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ the earth فَلَا So (do) not تَأْسَ grieve عَلَى over ٱلْقَوْمِ the people ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ the defiantly disobedient ٢٦

[Allāh] said, "Then indeed, it is forbidden to them for forty years [in which] they will wander throughout the land. So do not grieve over the defiantly disobedient people."

— Come To Light

۞ وَٱتْلُ And recite عَلَيْهِمْ to them نَبَأَ the story ٱبْنَىْ (of) two sons ءَادَمَ (of) Adam بِٱلْحَقِّ in truth إِذْ when قَرَّبَا both offered قُرْبَانًۭا a sacrifice فَتُقُبِّلَ and it was accepted مِنْ from أَحَدِهِمَا one of them وَلَمْ and not يُتَقَبَّلْ was accepted مِنَ from ٱلْـَٔاخَرِ the other قَالَ Said (the latter) لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ ۖ Surely I will kill you قَالَ Said (the former) إِنَّمَا Only يَتَقَبَّلُ accepts ٱللَّهُ (does) Allah مِنَ from ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ the God fearing ٢٧

And recite to them the story of Adam's two sons, in truth, when they both made an offering [to Allāh], and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. Said [the latter], "I will surely kill you." Said [the former], "Indeed, Allāh only accepts from the righteous [who fear Him].

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لَئِنۢ If بَسَطتَ you stretch إِلَىَّ towards me يَدَكَ your hand لِتَقْتُلَنِى to kill me مَآ not أَنَا۠ will I بِبَاسِطٍۢ stretch يَدِىَ my hand إِلَيْكَ towards you لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖ to kill you إِنِّىٓ indeed I أَخَافُ fear ٱللَّهَ Allah رَبَّ (the) Lord ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ (of) the worlds ٢٨

If you should raise your hand toward me to kill me - I shall not raise my hand toward you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allāh, Lord of the worlds.

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إِنِّىٓ Indeed, I أُرِيدُ wish أَن that تَبُوٓأَ you be laden بِإِثْمِى with my sin وَإِثْمِكَ and your sin فَتَكُونَ so you will be مِنْ among أَصْحَـٰبِ (the) companions ٱلنَّارِ ۚ (of) the Fire وَذَٰلِكَ and that جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ (is the) recompense ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ (of) the wrong-doers ٢٩

Indeed, I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."

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فَطَوَّعَتْ Then prompted لَهُۥ to him نَفْسُهُۥ his soul قَتْلَ (to) kill أَخِيهِ his brother فَقَتَلَهُۥ so he killed him فَأَصْبَحَ and became مِنَ of ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ the losers ٣٠

And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

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فَبَعَثَ Then (was) sent ٱللَّهُ (by) Allah غُرَابًۭا a crow يَبْحَثُ it (was) scratching فِى in ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth لِيُرِيَهُۥ to show him كَيْفَ how يُوَٰرِى to hide سَوْءَةَ (the) dead body أَخِيهِ ۚ (of) his brother قَالَ He said يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ Woe to me أَعَجَزْتُ Am I unable أَنْ that أَكُونَ I can be مِثْلَ like هَـٰذَا this ٱلْغُرَابِ [the] crow فَأُوَٰرِىَ and hide سَوْءَةَ (the) dead body أَخِى ۖ (of) my brother فَأَصْبَحَ Then he became مِنَ of ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَ the regretful ٣١

Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace [i.e., body] of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.

— Come To Light

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