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Al-Kahf 74

Ayah 74 of 110 · Meccan

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمٗا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسٗا زَكِيَّةَۢ بِغَيۡرِ نَفۡسٖ لَّقَدۡ جِئۡتَ شَيۡـٔٗا نُّكۡرٗا ٧٤

So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱنطَلَقَاThen they both set outfa-inṭalaqā
  2. حَتَّىٰٓuntilḥattā
  3. إِذَاwhenidhā
  4. لَقِيَاthey metlaqiyā
  5. غُلَٰمٗاa boyghulāman
  6. فَقَتَلَهُۥthen he killed himfaqatalahu
  7. قَالَHe saidqāla
  8. أَقَتَلۡتَHave you killedaqatalta
  9. نَفۡسٗاa soulnafsan
  10. زَكِيَّةَۢpurezakiyyatan
  11. بِغَيۡرِfor other thanbighayri
  12. نَفۡسٖa soulnafsin
  13. لَّقَدۡCertainlylaqad
  14. جِئۡتَyou have doneji'ta
  15. شَيۡـٔٗاa thingshayan
  16. نُّكۡرٗاevilnuk'ran

Tafsir

After they disembarked from the ship they set out walking along the seashore, when they saw a young boy who was still not an adult playing with the other boys. Khidr killed him and Moses said to him: Did you kill a pure soul that is still a minor for no sin? You have really done something evil!!

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran