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Al-Kahf 60

Ayah 60 of 110 · Meccan

وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبۡرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبۡلُغَ مَجۡمَعَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ أَوۡ أَمۡضِيَ حُقُبٗا ٦٠

And [mention] when Moses said to his boy [i.e., servant], "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالَsaidqāla
  3. مُوسَىٰMusamūsā
  4. لِفَتَىٰهُto his boylifatāhu
  5. لَآNotlā
  6. أَبۡرَحُI will ceaseabraḥu
  7. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  8. أَبۡلُغَI reachablugha
  9. مَجۡمَعَthe junctionmajmaʿa
  10. ٱلۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ(of) the two seasl-baḥrayni
  11. أَوۡoraw
  12. أَمۡضِيَI continueamḍiya
  13. حُقُبٗا(for) a long periodḥuquban

Tafsir

Remember - O Messenger - when Moses (peace be upon him) said to his servant, Joshua the son of Nun: I will continue travelling until I reach the place where the two seas meet, or I will travel until such time that I meet the righteous servant and I learn from him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran