And when he had attained his age of strength (_thirty years or thirty and three_), and had become of full age (_forty years_), We bestowed on him wisdom and knowledge _in religion, before he was sent as a prophet_; and thus do We reward the well-doers. And he entered the city _of Pharaoh, which was Munf_ [or Memphis], _after he had been absent from him a while_, at a time when its inhabitants were inadvertent, _at the hour of the noon-sleep_, and he found therein two men fighting; this [being] of his party (_namely an Israelite_), and this of his enemies (_an Egyptian_), _who was compelling the Israelite to carry firewood to the kitchen of Pharaoh without pay_: and he who was of his party begged him to aid him against him who was of his enemies. _So Moses said unto the latter, Let him go. And it is said that he replied to Moses, I have a mind to put the burden upon thee._ And Moses struck him with his fist, and killed him. _But he intended not to kill him; and he buried him in the sand._ He said, This is of the work of the devil, _who hath excited my anger_; for he is an enemy _unto the son of Adam_, a manifest misleader _of him_. He said, _in repentance_, O my Lord, verily I have acted injuriously unto mine own soul, _by killing him_; therefore forgive me. So He forgave him: for He is the Very Forgiving, the Merciful.—He said, O my Lord, by the favours with which Thou hast favoured me, _defend me_, and I will by no means be an assistant to the sinners _after this_.—And the next morning he was afraid in the city, watching _for what might happen unto him on account of the slain man_; and lo, he who had begged his assistance the day before was crying out to him for aid _against another Egyptian_. Moses said unto him, Verily thou art a person manifestly in error, _because of that which thou hast done yesterday and to-day_. But when he was about to lay violent hands upon him who was an enemy unto them both, (_namely unto Moses and him who begged his aid_,) _the latter_ said, _imagining that he would lay violent hands upon him, because of that which he had said unto him_, O Moses, dost thou desire to kill me, as thou killedst a soul yesterday? Thou desirest not [aught] but to be an oppressor in the land, and thou desirest not to be [one] of the reconcilers.—_And the Egyptian heard that: so he knew that the killer was Moses; wherefore he departed unto Pharaoh and acquainted him therewith, and Pharaoh commanded the executioners to slay Moses, and they betook themselves to seek him._ But a man _who was a believer of the family of Pharaoh_[260] came from the furthest part of the city, running _by a way that was nearer than the way by which they had come_: he said, O Moses, verily the chiefs _of the people of Pharaoh_ are consulting respecting thee, to slay thee; therefore go forth _from the city_: verily I am unto thee [one] of the admonishers. So he went forth from it in fear, watching _in fear of pursuer, or for the aid of God_.