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Al-Kahf 80

Ayah 80 of 110 · Meccan

وَأَمَّا ٱلۡغُلَٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤۡمِنَيۡنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرۡهِقَهُمَا طُغۡيَٰنٗا وَكُفۡرٗا ٨٠

And as for the boy, his parents were believers, and we feared that he would overburden them by transgression and disbelief.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَأَمَّاAnd as forwa-ammā
  2. ٱلۡغُلَٰمُthe boyl-ghulāmu
  3. فَكَانَhis parents werefakāna
  4. أَبَوَاهُhis parents wereabawāhu
  5. مُؤۡمِنَيۡنِbelieversmu'minayni
  6. فَخَشِينَآand we fearedfakhashīnā
  7. أَنthatan
  8. يُرۡهِقَهُمَاhe would overburden themyur'hiqahumā
  9. طُغۡيَٰنٗا(by) transgressionṭugh'yānan
  10. وَكُفۡرٗاand disbeliefwakuf'ran

Tafsir

As for the boy you criticised me for killing, his parents were believers but he was an unbeliever according to Allah’s knowledge. So I feared that if he grew up, he would cause them to disbelieve in Allah out of their intense love for him or their intense need towards him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran