Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[Moses] exclaimed: "That [was the place] which we were seeking!, And the two turned back, retracing their footsetps
Arthur John Arberry
Said he, 'This is what we were seeking!' And so they returned upon their tracks, retracing them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come)
Arabic
قَالَ ذَ ٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبۡغِۚ فَٱرۡتَدَّا عَلَىٰۤ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصࣰا ٦٤
Transliteration (2021)
qāla dhālika mā kunnā nabghi fa-ir'taddā ʿalā āthārihimā qaṣaṣa