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fers considerably from the deaths of the other prophets.
(Allah knows the truth.)

I. Qatala: To Kill

The Qur'an uses qatala to mean "to kill," as in the fol-
lowing verse:
Pharaoh said: "Let me kill [aqtulu] Moses and let him call
upon his Lord! I am afraid that he may change your reli-
gion and bring about corruption in the land." (Surah
Ghafir, 40:26)
In Arabic, "let me kill Moses" is aqtulu Musa, a phrase
that is derived from the verb qatala. In another verse, same
word is used in the following way:

... [That was because they] killed (yaqtuloona) the prophets
without any right to do so. (Surat al-Baqara:61)
The expression yaqtuloona (they killed) is also derived
from qatala.
The verses below use qatala when speaking of the
prophets' deaths. All words in brackets are derivatives of
this verb.

We will write down what they said and their killing [qat-
lahum] of the prophets without any right to do so. (Surah
Al 'Imran:181)
… and deny some of them and murder [taqtuloona] others?
(Surat al-Baqara:87)