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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 75

سورة الكهف، الآية ٧٥

18:75 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 302 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:75

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ۝٧٥

Transliteration

qāla alam aqul laka innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

Translation

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

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Verse 75 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:75), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 302 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 75

Al-Mukhtasar

Khidr said to Moses (peace be upon him): “I had said To You: O Moses, you will never be able to bear the matter I will carry out”.

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Other translations of verse 75

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

(Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you that you can have no 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 to you that you will not be able to have patience with me?

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

Verse 75 word by word

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

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4727

I said to Ibn `Abbas, "Nauf-al-Bakali " claims that Moses of Bani Israel was not Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir." Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's enemy tells a lie! Ubai bin Ka`b narrated to us that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Moses got up to deliver a sermon before Bani Israel and he was asked, 'Who…

قَامَ مُوسَى خَطِيبًا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ أَنَا، فَعَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ الْعِلْمَ إِلَيْهِ، وَأَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ بَلَى عَبْدٌ مِنْ عِبَادِي بِمَجْمَعِ…

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 18:72

    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?"

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