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Quran 20:45 · 45th verse of 135
Ta-Ha
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قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ 
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Transliteration
qālā rabbanā innanā nakhāfu an yafruṭa ʿalaynā aw an yaṭghā
Saheeh International
They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."
Comparative Study
16 scholarly English translations of verse 45 from Surah Taha, presented for comparative study.
They (Moses and Aaron) said: "Our Lord! We fear lest he hasten with insolence against us, or lest he transgress all bounds."
They said: "Our Lord! Verily! We fear lest he should hasten to punish us or lest he should transgress (all bounds against us)."
They said: "O our Lord, we are really frightened lest he behave insolently with us or become violent."
They both submitted, “Our Lord – indeed we fear that he may oppress us or deal mischievously.”
'O our Lord,' said Moses and Aaron, 'truly we fear he may exceed against us, or wax insolent.'
The twain said: O our Lord! verily we fear that he may hasten against us or wax exorbitant.
They said, “Lord, we fear he may persecute us, or become violent.”
The two said:" Lord! We fear he may commit excesses against us, or transgress all bounds."
Both of them said: "Our Lord! Verily, we fear lest he should hasten to punish us or lest he should transgress."
They said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us or that he may play the tyrant.
They said, ‘Our Lord! We are indeed afraid that he will forestall us or will exceed all bounds.’
'O our Lord' both said, 'We fear lest he may be excessive against us or become insolent'
They said, "Lord, we are afraid of his transgression and rebellion against us".
Both said: O our Lord! Surely we fear that he may hasten to do evil to us or that he may become inordinate.
They both said, "Our Lord, We fear that he may commit some excess against us, or exceed all bounds in transgression."
