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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 73

سورة الكهف، الآية ٧٣

18:73 Juz 15 Hizb 30 Page 301 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:73

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا ۝٧٣

Transliteration

qāla lā tuākhidh'nī bimā nasītu walā tur'hiq'nī min amrī ʿus'ran

Translation

[Moses] said, "Do not blame me for what I forgot and do not overwhelm me in my matter with difficulty."

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Verse 73 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:73), 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 73

Al-Mukhtasar

Moses (peace be upon him) said to Khidr: Do not take me to task on account of my breaking the pledge forgetfully and do not make it difficult and hard for me to accompany you.

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Other translations of verse 73

Moses said, “Do not take me to task for what I forgot, and do not make it too difficult for me to follow you.”

[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Call me not to account for what I forgot,6 and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you)."

Notes

[6] (V.18:73)
a) If someone does something against his oath due to forgetfulness (should he make expiation?). And the Statement of Allâh:
"And there is no sin on you, concerning that in which you made a mistake." (V.33:5)
And Allâh said:
"[Mûsâ (Moses) said to Khidr]: Call me not to account for what I forgot." (V.18:73)
Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "Allâh forgives my followers those (evil deeds) their ownselves may whisper or suggest to them as long as they do not act (on it) or speak." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No.657)
b) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophetصلى الله عليه وسلم said, "If somebody eats something forgetfully while he is fasting, then he should complete his fast, for Allâh has made him eat and drink." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 8, Hadith No.662).

(Moses) said: Be not wroth with me that I forgot, and be not hard upon me for my fault.

Moses said: "Rebuke me not for forgetting, nor grieve me by raising difficulties in my case."

He said: Blame me not for what I forgot, and do not constrain me to a difficult thing in my affair.

He said, "Do not take me to task that I forgot, nor oppress me with a command (too) difficult (for me)."

Verse 73 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. لَا lā (Do) not
  3. تُؤَاخِذْنِى tuākhidh'nī blame me أ خ ذ
  4. بِمَا bimā for what
  5. نَسِيتُ nasītu I forgot ن س ي
  6. وَلَا walā and (do) not
  7. تُرْهِقْنِى tur'hiq'nī be hard (upon) me ر ه ق
  8. مِنْ min in
  9. أَمْرِى amrī my affair أ م ر
  10. عُسْرًا ʿus'ran (raising) difficulty ع س 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…

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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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