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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 66of 110

قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًۭا﴿٦٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaSaid
لَهُۥlahuto him
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
هَلْhalMay
أَتَّبِعُكَattabiʿukaI follow you
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَنanthat
تُعَلِّمَنِtuʿallimaniyou teach me
مِمَّاmimmāof what
عُلِّمْتَʿullim'tayou have been taught
رُشْدًۭاrush'dan(of) right guidance

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Musa meeting with Al-Khidr and accompanying HimAllah tells us what Musa said to that learned man, who was Al-Khidr. He was one to whom Allah had given knowledge that He had not given to Musa, just as He had given Musa knowledge that He had not given to Al-Khidr.قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ(Musa said to him: "May I follow you...") This is a question phrased in gentle terms, with no sense of force or coercion. This is the manner in which the seeker of knowledge should address the scholar.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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