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Al-Kahf (The Cave)

Verse 78of 110

قَالَ هَٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا﴿٧٨

Translation (Sahih International)

[Al-Khidh r] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaHe said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
فِرَاقُfirāqu(is) parting
بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
وَبَيْنِكَ ۚwabaynikaand between you
سَأُنَبِّئُكَsa-unabbi-ukaI will inform you
بِتَأْوِيلِbitawīliof (the) interpretation
مَا(of) what
لَمْlamnot
تَسْتَطِعtastaṭiʿyou were able
عَّلَيْهِʿalayhion it
صَبْرًاṣabran(to have) patience

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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