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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 67

سورة الكهف، الآية ٦٧

18:67 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 301 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:67

قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ۝٦٧

Transliteration

qāla innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

Translation

He said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.

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Verse 67 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:67), 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 67

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Khidr said: You will not be able to bear patience over what you see of my knowledge, because it will not correspond with your knowledge.

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Other translations of verse 67

He said, “You will never be able to have patience with me.”

He (Khidr) said: "Verily you will not be able to have patience with me!

He said: Lo! thou canst not bear with me.

(The other) said: "Verily thou wilt not be able to have patience with me!"

He said: Surely you cannot have patience with me

Said he "Surely you will never be able to (endure) with me patiently."

Verse 67 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. إِنَّكَ innaka Indeed, you
  3. لَن lan never
  4. تَسْتَطِيعَ tastaṭīʿa will be able ط و ع
  5. مَعِىَ maʿiya with me
  6. صَبْرًا ṣabran (to have) patience ص ب ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3401

I said to Ibn `Abbas, "Nauf Al-Bukah claims that Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir was not Moses (the prophet) of the children of Israel, but some other Moses." Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's enemy (i.e. Nauf) has told a lie. Ubai bin Ka`b told us that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'Once Moses stood up and…

أَنَّ مُوسَى قَامَ خَطِيبًا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، فَسُئِلَ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ أَنَا‏.‏ فَعَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ إِذْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ الْعِلْمَ إِلَيْهِ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ بَلَى، لِي عَبْدٌ بِمَجْمَعِ…

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Verses related to verse 67

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Kahf 18:72

    قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

    [Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

  • Al-Kahf 18:75

    قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

    [Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

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