The Holy Quran 26:20 — Surah Ash-Shu'ara

Arabic text

قَالَ فَعَلْتُهَآ إِذًا وَأَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

Translation

Moosa عليه الصلاة والسلام said, "I did it (unintentionally killed the man) at a time when I was from the mistaken ones (I killed him by mistake)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The reply of Musa ﵇ to Pharaoh: that is, I did not shed the Copt’s blood deliberately; it happened by mistake. How was I to know that from a single blow of the fist, struck to discipline him, he would breathe his last? فَوَكَزَهٗ مُوْسٰى فَقَضٰى عَلَيْهِ (“So Musa struck him with his fist and finished him off”) (Surah Al-Qasas, ruku' (section) 2).

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