Then a man came running from the farther end of the city1 and said: "O Moses, the nobles are deliberating about you that they may put you to death. So do be gone. I am one of your well-wishers."
Footnotes
[1]
This happened when in the second day’s fight, the secret of the murder became known and the Egyptian informed the authorities about the case accordingly.
[2]
All except for Hafs, Hamza and Yaʻqub read it as: “If only we could be sent back—for we do not disbelieve in the signs of our Lord— and be of the believers!”