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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 75of 110

۞ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًۭا﴿٧٥

Translation (Sahih International)

[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

Word-by-word meaning

۞ قَالَqālaHe said
أَلَمْalamDid not
أَقُلaqulI say
لَّكَlakato you
إِنَّكَinnakathat you
لَنlannever
تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿawill be able
مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
صَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Story of killing the Boyفَانطَلَقَا(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ(till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Khidr deliberately singled him out. He was the finest and most handsome of them all, and Al-Khidr killed him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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