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Al-Kahf 71

Ayah 71 of 110 · Meccan

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَاۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقۡتَهَا لِتُغۡرِقَ أَهۡلَهَا لَقَدۡ جِئۡتَ شَيۡـًٔا إِمۡرٗا ٧١

So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱنطَلَقَاSo they both set outfa-inṭalaqā
  2. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  3. إِذَاwhenidhā
  4. رَكِبَاthey had embarkedrakibā
  5. فِيonfī
  6. ٱلسَّفِينَةِthe shipl-safīnati
  7. خَرَقَهَاۖhe made a hole in itkharaqahā
  8. قَالَHe saidqāla
  9. أَخَرَقۡتَهَاHave you made a hole in itakharaqtahā
  10. لِتُغۡرِقَto drownlitugh'riqa
  11. أَهۡلَهَاits peopleahlahā
  12. لَقَدۡCertainlylaqad
  13. جِئۡتَyou have doneji'ta
  14. شَيۡـًٔاa thingshayan
  15. إِمۡرٗاgraveim'ran

Tafsir

When they agreed to that, they set out to the seashore where they came across a ship, which they boarded for free as an honour to Khidr. Khidr then made a hole in the ship by removing one of its planks. Moses said to him: Did you make a hole in the ship whose owners let us board for free in the hope that they may drown. You have done something confusing and puzzling.

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