سورة الكهف، الآية ٦٤
قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا ٦٤
qāla dhālika mā kunnā nabghi fa-ir'taddā ʿalā āthārihimā qaṣaṣan
[Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.
Verse 64 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:64), a Meccan surah, is in juz 15, on page 301 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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Moses (peace be upon him) said to his servant: That is what we were looking for, for that is the sign of the place of the righteous servant. So they turned back retracing their steps, so that they do not lose the way until they reached the rock and from there the entry point of the fish.
Moses said, “That is exactly what we were looking for.” So they turned back, retracing their footsteps.
[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "That is what we have been seeking." So they went back retracing their footsteps.
He said: This is that which we have been seeking. So they retraced their steps again.
Moses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come).
He said: This is what we sought for; so they returned retracing their footsteps.
He said, "That is what we were seeking!" So they (both) turned back upon their tracks retracing them.
كُنْتُ قَيْنًا بِمَكَّةَ، فَعَمِلْتُ لِلْعَاصِي بْنِ وَائِلِ السَّهْمِيِّ سَيْفًا، فَجِئْتُ أَتَقَاضَاهُ فَقَالَ لاَ أُعْطِيكَ حَتَّى تَكْفُرَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ. قُلْتُ لاَ أَكْفُرُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم حَتَّى…
" يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ مُوسَى لَوَدِدْنَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ صَبَرَ حَتَّى يَقُصَّ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ أَخْبَارِهِمَا " . قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الأُولَى كَانَتْ مِنْ مُوسَى نِسْيَانٌ - قَالَ…
