← Surah 18

18:64

قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا

Word by word

قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
ذَٰلِكَ
That
Noun
مَا
(is) what
Noun
كُنَّا
we were
Verb
Root: كون
نَبْغِ
seeking
Verb
Root: بغي
فَٱرْتَدَّا
So they returned
Verb
Root: ردد
عَلَىٰٓ
on
Preposition
ءَاثَارِهِمَا
their footprints
Noun
Root: أثر
قَصَصًا
retracing
Noun
Root: قصص

Translation

Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come).

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Musa da demişti ki: "İşte aradığımız o idi." Bunun üzerine izlerine dönüp gerisin geri gittiler.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

(Musa) “İşte aradığımız (yer) orasıydı!” demiş, hemen izlerinin üzerine geri dönmüşlerdi.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

He said: This is that which we have been seeking. So they retraced their steps again.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain