Al-Kahf (The Cave)
Verse 77of 110
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًۭا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًۭا﴿٧٧﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
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 al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
The Story of repairing the Wall Allah tells us thatفَانطَلَقَا(they both proceeded) after the first two instances,حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ(till when they came to the people of a town,) Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn Sirin that this was Al-Aylah. According to the Hadith;«حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ لِئَامًا»(When they came there, the people of the town were mean.) i.e.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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