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Muhammad Asad Buy
Replied [Moses]: “I committed it while I was still going astray
Arthur John Arberry Buy
Said he, 'Indeed I did it then, being one of those that stray
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy
Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error
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Transliteration-2 Buy
qāla faʿaltuhā idhan wa-anā mina l-ḍālīn
Word by Word (2021)
He said, "I did it when I (was) of those who are astray.
Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad Buy
Replied [Moses]: “I committed it while I was still going astray
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) Buy
Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall Buy
He said: I did it then, when I was of those who are astray
Mustafa Khattab 2018 Buy
Moses replied, “I did it then, lacking guidance.
Wahiduddin Khan Buy
Moses replied, I did that when I was one of the misguided
Safi Kaskas 2025 Buy
[Moses] said, “At the time I did it, I was of the misguided.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar Buy
Moses said: I accomplished it when I was of the ones who go astray.
T.B.Irving Buy
He said: "I did it while I was misguided.
Shakir Buy
He said: I did it then while I was of those unable to see the right course
Abdul Hye Buy
Moses said: “I did it then when I was from the misguided.
Saeed Malik Buy
He said, “I did that when and while I was of the misguided.
The Study Quran Buy
He said, “I did it then, when I was one of those who are astray
Talal Itani & AI (2025) Buy
Moses said, "I did it then when I was astray.
Talal Itani (2012) Buy
He said, 'I did it then, when I was of those astray
M. Farook Malik Buy
Moses replied: "I did that when I was a misguided youth
Dr. Kamal Omar
(Musa) said: “I did it while: and I (was) of the ignorants (— not fully conversant with the Divine Message)
Dr. Munir Munshey
(Musa) said, "I did it then, when I was misguided!"
Syed Vickar Ahamed Buy
Musa (Moses) said: "I did it then, when I was wrong
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) Buy
[Moses] said, "I did it, then, while I was of those astray
Muhammad Sarwar Buy
Moses said, "I did do it and I made a mistake
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Buy
He said, .I did that at a time when I was mistaken
Shabbir Ahmed Buy
Moses said, "Indeed I did it but I am lost how it happened!" (I only struck him once with a fist and he died (28:15))
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali Buy
He (Musa) (Moses) said, "lo, I performed it and I was of the erring
Hamid S. Aziz Buy
Moses said, "I did commit this, and I was of those who erred
Abdel Haleem Buy
Moses replied, ‘I was misguided when I did i
Abdul Majid Daryabadi Buy
He said: I did it then when I was mistaken
Ahmed Ali Buy
(Moses) replied: "I did do that and I was in the wrong
Aisha Bewley Buy
He said, ´At the time I did it I was one of the misguided
Ali Ünal Buy
(Moses) said: "I committed that deed unintentionally when I did not know (it would end in the way it did.
Ali Quli Qara'i Buy
He said, ‘I did that when I was astray
[The Monotheist Group] (2017 Edition) Buy
He said: "I did it, and I was of those misguided."
Musharraf Hussain Buy
Musa said, “I did that by mistake,
Bilal Muhammad 2018 Buy
Moses said, “I did it when I was of those who go astray
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
He (Moses) said: “I did it while I was of the misguided,
Maududi Buy
Moses replied: "I committed that act erringly
Mohammad Shafi Buy
Moses said, "I did it while I was among those who go astray."
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Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi) Buy
Musa said, 'I did do it when I was unaware of the path.
Rashad Khalifa Buy
He said, "Indeed, I did it when I was astray.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
He (Moses) replied: 'Indeed, I did that when I was among those who stray
Faridul Haque Buy
Said Moosa, “I did that at a time when I was unaware of the consequences.” (In anger
Bijan Moeinian Buy
Moses said: “I confess to the crime that I committed when I was an unjust person.”
Maulana Muhammad Ali Buy
He said: I did it then when I was of those who err
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
He said: "I made/did it then, and (while) I am from the misguided."
Sher Ali Buy
Moses said, `I did it then inadvertently, and I was in a perplexed state of mind
Edip Yuksel Buy
He said, "I did it, and I was of those misguided."
Amatul Rahman Omar Buy
(Moses) said, `Indeed I did it (then inadvertently and) as I was lost (for the love of my people and was in a perplexed state of mind)
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri Buy
(Musa [Moses]) said: ‘When I did that deed, I was unaware (that even a single blow would take his life)
Hilali - Khan Buy
Moosa (Moses) said: "I did it then, when I was an ignorant (as regards my Lord and His Message)
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
N J Dawood 2014 Buy
He said: ‘I did that when I had gone astray
Arthur John Arberry Buy
Said he, 'Indeed I did it then, being one of those that stray
Edward Henry Palmer Buy
Said he, 'I did commit this, and I was of those who erred
George Sale Buy
Moses replied, I did it indeed, and I was one of those who erred
John Medows Rodwell Buy
He said, "I did it indeed, and I was one of those who erred
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Shuaib Abdullahi Buy
He (Moses) said (Qaala), "I did it (Faäl'tu-haa) then (Izaan), while (Wa) I was (Ana') of (Mina) the misguided (Ed'Doalliin).
Fode Drame Buy
He [Moses] Said, “I did it then when I was of those who are not well guided.
MunirMezyed2023 Buy
(Moses) said: ‘I did it when I was of those who fall away from the Faith’.
Mustaqim
He said: I did it when I was astray.
Linda "iLham" Barto Buy
Moses said, “I did it when I was astray.
Fadel Soliman-The Bridges Translation Buy
He said, “I did it then while I was one of those astray.
Irving/Hegab Buy
He said: "I did it while I was misguided.
Samy Mahdy Buy
He said, “I did it then, while I was among the astray ones.
Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress) Buy
Replied [Moses]: 'I committed it while I was still going astray;
Qarai Buy
He said, ‘I did that when I was astray.
Ahmed Hulusi Buy
(Moses) said, “When I did that deed I was not aware of myself.”
Mubarakpuri Buy
Musa said: "I did it then, when I was in error."
A. S. Mohamed Buy
He said, "I did it then when I was one of the misguided.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli Buy
Said (Moses): 'I did it then, when I was (as you think) in error'
Mir Aneesuddin
He said, "I did it then, when I was of those in error,
[Al-Muntakhab]
"I did what I did then", Mussa said, when my action was not circumspect because of the web of circumstances you shaped after your own manner
The Wise Quran Project
He said, 'I did it then, and I was of those who err.
Newest Translations 2026
Zulfiquar Ali Bhotto
[Moses] said, "I did that deed, then, while I was of the astray ones.
Verbatim Quran - Mahmoud K
He said, “I did it then and I was among the deluded.
Obsolete and/or older editions
Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) Buy
Moses said: "I did it then, when I was in error
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) Buy
He said: "I did it, and I was of those misguided.
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition) Buy
He said: "I did it, and I was of those misguided."
OLD Word by Word
He said, "I did it when I (was) of those who are astray
Transliteration Buy
Qala faAAaltuha ithan waana mina alddalleena