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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 70of 110

قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًۭا﴿٧٠

Translation (Sahih International)

He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
فَإِنِfa-iniThen if
ٱتَّبَعْتَنِىittabaʿtanīyou follow me
فَلَاfalā(do) not
تَسْـَٔلْنِىtasalnīask me
عَنʿanabout
شَىْءٍshayinanything
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
أُحْدِثَuḥ'dithaI present
لَكَlakato you
مِنْهُmin'huof it
ذِكْرًۭاdhik'rana mention

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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