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Al-Kahf 61

Ayah 61 of 110 · Meccan

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجۡمَعَ بَيۡنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ سَرَبٗا ٦١

But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَلَمَّاBut whenfalammā
  2. بَلَغَاthey reachedbalaghā
  3. مَجۡمَعَthe junctionmajmaʿa
  4. بَيۡنِهِمَاbetween thembaynihimā
  5. نَسِيَاthey forgotnasiyā
  6. حُوتَهُمَاtheir fishḥūtahumā
  7. فَٱتَّخَذَand it tookfa-ittakhadha
  8. سَبِيلَهُۥits waysabīlahu
  9. فِيintofī
  10. ٱلۡبَحۡرِthe seal-baḥri
  11. سَرَبٗاslipping awaysaraban

Tafsir

So they both travelled and when they reached the place where the two seas meet, they forgot the fish that they had carried as provision. Allah gave life to that fish and it made a pathway in the sea like a tunnel, with which the water did not come together.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran