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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 70

سورة الكهف، الآية ٧٠

18:70 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 301 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:70

قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا ۝٧٠

Transliteration

qāla fa-ini ittabaʿtanī falā tasalnī ʿan shayin ḥattā uḥ'ditha laka min'hu dhik'ran

Translation

He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]."

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Verse 70 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:70), 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 70

Al-Mukhtasar

Khidr said to Moses: If you follow me, then do not ask me about anything that you see me doing until I myself tell you the reason.

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Other translations of verse 70

He said, “Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I mention it to you.”

He (Khidr) said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything till I myself mention of it to you."

He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till I myself make mention of it unto thee.

The other said: "If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."

He said: If you would follow me, then do not question me about any thing until I myself speak to you about it

Said he, "So in case you closely follow me, then do not ask me about anything until I (myself) effect a mention of it to you."

Verse 70 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. فَإِنِ fa-ini Then if
  3. ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى ittabaʿtanī you follow me ت ب ع
  4. فَلَا falā (do) not
  5. تَسْـَٔلْنِى tasalnī ask me س أ ل
  6. عَن ʿan about
  7. شَىْءٍ shayin anything ش ي أ
  8. حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā until
  9. أُحْدِثَ uḥ'ditha I present ح د ث
  10. لَكَ laka to you
  11. مِنْهُ min'hu of it
  12. ذِكْرًا dhik'ran a mention ذ ك ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

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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