Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

So He forgave him.
Indeed He is the All-forgiving, the All-merciful.
17 He said, ‘My Lord!
As You have blessed me,
I will never be a supporter of the guilty.’
18 He rose at dawn in the city,
fearful and vigilant,
when behold, the one who had sought his help
the day before,
shouted for his help [once again].
Moses said to him,
‘You are indeed manifestly perverse!’
19 But when he wanted to strike him
who was an enemy of both of them,
he said, ‘Moses, do you want to kill me,
just like the one you killed yesterday?
You just want to be a tyrant
in the land,
and you do not desire to be
of those who bring about reform.’1
20 And there came a man from the city outskirts,
hurrying.
He said, ‘Moses!
The elite are indeed conspiring to kill you.
So leave.
I am indeed your well-wisher.’
21 So he left the city, fearful and vigilant.
He said, ‘My Lord!

1 Although Moses wanted to help him again much against his own inclination, the Israelite thought that Moses was going to attack him.

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 29 Mar. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=573