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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 66

سورة الكهف، الآية ٦٦

18:66 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 301 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:66

قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا ۝٦٦

Transliteration

qāla lahu mūsā hal attabiʿuka ʿalā an tuʿallimani mimmā ʿullim'ta rush'dan

Translation

Moses said to him, "May I follow you on [the condition] that you teach me from what you have been taught of sound judgement?"

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Verse 66 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:66), 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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Tafsir of verse 66

Al-Mukhtasar

Moses humbly and politely said to him: May I follow you so that you can teach me some of the knowledge that Allah has taught you which constitutes guidance to the truth?

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Other translations of verse 66

Moses said to him, “May I follow you so that you may teach me some knowledge that you have been taught?”

Mûsâ (Moses) said to him (Khidr): "May I follow you so that you teach me something of that knowledge (guidance and true path) which you have been taught (by Allâh)?"

Moses said unto him: May I follow thee, to the end that thou mayst teach me right conduct of that which thou hast been taught?

Moses said to him: "May I follow thee, on the footing that thou teach me something of the (Higher) Truth which thou hast been taught?"

Musa said to him: Shall I follow you on condition that you should teach me right knowledge of what you have been taught?

Musa (Moses) said to him, "Shall I closely follow you on condition that you teach me of what you have been taught, right mindedness?"

Verse 66 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla Said ق و ل
  2. لَهُۥ lahu to him
  3. مُوسَىٰ mūsā Musa
  4. هَلْ hal May
  5. أَتَّبِعُكَ attabiʿuka I follow you ت ب ع
  6. عَلَىٰٓ ʿalā on
  7. أَن an that
  8. تُعَلِّمَنِ tuʿallimani you teach me ع ل م
  9. مِمَّا mimmā of what
  10. عُلِّمْتَ ʿullim'ta you have been taught ع ل م
  11. رُشْدًا rush'dan (of) right guidance ر ش د

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3149

"I said to Ibn 'Abbas: 'Nawf Al-Bikali claims that Musa, of Banu Isra'il is not the companion of Al-Khidr. He said: 'The enemy of Allah has lied. I heard Ubayy bin Ka'b saying: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say 'Musa stood to deliver a Khutbah to the children of Isra'il. He was asked: "Who is…

"‏ 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…

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