ﲢ ﲣ ﲤ ﲥ ﲦ ﲧ ﲨ ﲩ ﲪ ﲫ ﲬ ﲭ ﲮ ﲯ ﲰ ﲱ ﲲ ﲳ ﲴ ﲵ ﲶ ﲷ ﲸ ﲹ ﲺ ﲻ ﲼ ﲽ ﲾ ﲿ ﳀ ﳁ ﳂ
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."
Tafsir
Verse range: 28:19
فلما أن أراد أن يبطش بالذي هو عدو لهما
Then when he decided to seize the man who was an enemy to both of them, Then Musa intended to attack that Coptic, but the Israelite -- because of his own cowardice and weakness -- thought that Musa wanted to hit him because of what he had said, so he said, in self-defence --
قال
يا موسى أتريد أن تقتلني كما قتلت نفسا باﻻمس
the man said: O Musa! Is it your intention to kill me as you killed a man yesterday?
إن تريد إﻻ أن تكون جبارا في اﻻرض وما تريد أن تكون من المصلحين
Your aim is nothing but to become a tyrant in the land, and not to be one of those who do right.'' Nobody except him and Musa, peace be upon him, knew about it, but when the other Coptic heard this, he took the news to Fir`awn's gate and told him about it. So Fir`awn came to know of it, and he became very angry and resolved to kill Musa, so he sent people after him to bring him to him
