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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 72

سورة الكهف، الآية ٧٢

18:72 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 301 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:72

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ۝٧٢

Transliteration

qāla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

Translation

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

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Verse 72 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:72), 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 72

Al-Mukhtasar

Khidr said to Moses: Did I not say: You will not be able to bear patience over what you see me doing?!

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Other translations of verse 72

He said, “Did I not tell you that you will never be able to have patience with me?”

He (Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you, that you would not be able to have patience with me?"

He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me?

He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?"

He said: Did I not say that you will not be able to have patience with me?

Said he, "Did I not say that surely you would never be able to (endure) with me patiently?"

Verse 72 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. أَلَمْ alam Did not
  3. أَقُلْ aqul I say ق و ل
  4. إِنَّكَ innaka indeed, you
  5. لَن lan never
  6. تَسْتَطِيعَ tastaṭīʿa will be able ط و ع
  7. مَعِىَ maʿiya with me
  8. صَبْرًا ṣabran (to have) patience ص ب ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2728

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Moses the Messenger of Allah," and then he narrated the whole story about him. Al-Khadir said to Moses, "Did not I tell you that you can have no patience with me." (18.72). Moses then violated the agreement for the first time because of forgetfulness, then Moses…

‏ مُوسَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ ‏‏{‏قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا‏}‏ كَانَتِ الأُولَى نِسْيَانًا، وَالْوُسْطَى شَرْطًا، وَالثَّالِثَةُ عَمْدًا ‏‏{‏قَالَ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِي…

Narrated by ’Ubayy ibn Ka‘b + 20 other versions

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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  • Al-Kahf 18:67

    قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

    He said, "Indeed, with me you will 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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