Surah Al-Qasas

وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَـٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَـٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ ۖ فَٱسْتَغَـٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ۖ قَالَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ

Wa dakhalal-madīnata ‘alā ḥīni gaflatim min ahlihā fawajada fīhā rajulaini yaqtatilān(i), hāżā min syī‘atihī wa hāżā min ‘aduwwih(ī), fastagāṡahul-lażī min syī‘atihī ‘alal-lażī min ‘aduwwih(ī), fawakazahū mūsā faqaḍā ‘alaih(i), qāla hāżā min ‘amalisy-syaiṭān(i), innahū ‘aduwwum muḍillum mubīn(un).

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 called for help to him against the one from his enemy, so Moses struck him and [unintentionally] killed him. [Moses] said, "This is from the work of Satan. Indeed, he is a manifest, misleading enemy."

📝 Footnotes
559) According to some commentators (mufassir), the city was Memphis, which is located in northern Egypt.

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