۞ قَالَ He said أَلَمْ Did not أَقُل I say لَّكَ to you إِنَّكَ that you لَن never تَسْتَطِيعَ will be able مَعِىَ with me صَبْرًۭا (to have) patience ٧٥
[Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"
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قَالَ He said إِن If سَأَلْتُكَ I ask you عَن about شَىْءٍۭ anything بَعْدَهَا after it فَلَا then (do) not تُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖ keep me as a companion قَدْ Verily بَلَغْتَ you have reached مِن from me لَّدُنِّى from me عُذْرًۭا an excuse ٧٦
[Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."
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فَٱنطَلَقَا So they set out حَتَّىٰٓ until إِذَآ when أَتَيَآ they came أَهْلَ (to the) people قَرْيَةٍ (of) a town ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ they asked for food أَهْلَهَا (from) its people فَأَبَوْا۟ but they refused أَن to يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا offer them hospitality فَوَجَدَا Then they found فِيهَا in it جِدَارًۭا a wall يُرِيدُ (that) want(ed) أَن to يَنقَضَّ collapse فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ so he set it straight قَالَ He said لَوْ If شِئْتَ you wished لَتَّخَذْتَ surely you (could) have taken عَلَيْهِ for it أَجْرًۭا a payment ٧٧
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
— Come To Light
قَالَ He said هَـٰذَا This فِرَاقُ (is) parting بَيْنِى between me وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ and between you سَأُنَبِّئُكَ I will inform you بِتَأْوِيلِ of (the) interpretation مَا (of) what لَمْ not تَسْتَطِع you were able عَّلَيْهِ on it صَبْرًا (to have) patience ٧٨
[Al-Khiḍr] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.
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أَمَّا As for ٱلسَّفِينَةُ the ship فَكَانَتْ it was لِمَسَـٰكِينَ of (the) poor people يَعْمَلُونَ working فِى in ٱلْبَحْرِ the sea فَأَرَدتُّ So I intended أَنْ that أَعِيبَهَا I cause defect (in) it وَكَانَ (as there) was وَرَآءَهُم after them مَّلِكٌۭ a king يَأْخُذُ who seized كُلَّ every سَفِينَةٍ ship غَصْبًۭا (by) force ٧٩
As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.
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وَأَمَّا And as for ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ the boy فَكَانَ his parents were أَبَوَاهُ his parents were مُؤْمِنَيْنِ believers فَخَشِينَآ and we feared أَن that يُرْهِقَهُمَا he would overburden them طُغْيَـٰنًۭا (by) transgression وَكُفْرًۭا and disbelief ٨٠
And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.
— Come To Light
فَأَرَدْنَآ So we intended أَن that يُبْدِلَهُمَا would change for them رَبُّهُمَا their Lord خَيْرًۭا a better مِّنْهُ than him زَكَوٰةًۭ (in) purity وَأَقْرَبَ and nearer رُحْمًۭا (in) affection ٨١
So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.
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وَأَمَّا And as for ٱلْجِدَارُ the wall فَكَانَ it was لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ for two orphan boys يَتِيمَيْنِ for two orphan boys فِى in ٱلْمَدِينَةِ the town وَكَانَ and was تَحْتَهُۥ underneath it كَنزٌۭ a treasure لَّهُمَا for them وَكَانَ and was أَبُوهُمَا their father صَـٰلِحًۭا righteous فَأَرَادَ So intended رَبُّكَ your Lord أَن that يَبْلُغَآ they reach أَشُدَّهُمَا their maturity وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا and bring forth كَنزَهُمَا their treasure رَحْمَةًۭ (as) a mercy مِّن from رَّبِّكَ ۚ your Lord وَمَا And not فَعَلْتُهُۥ I did it عَنْ on أَمْرِى ۚ my (own) accord ذَٰلِكَ That تَأْوِيلُ (is the) interpretation مَا (of) what لَمْ not تَسْطِع you were able عَّلَيْهِ on it صَبْرًۭا (to have) patience ٨٢
And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."
— Come To Light
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ And they ask you عَن about ذِى Dhul-qarnain ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ Dhul-qarnain قُلْ Say سَأَتْلُوا۟ I will recite عَلَيْكُم to you مِّنْهُ about him ذِكْرًا a remembrance ٨٣
And they ask you, [O Muḥammad], about Dhul-Qarnayn. Say, "I will recite to you about him a report."
— Come To Light
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