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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 76

سورة الكهف، الآية ٧٦

18:76 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 302 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:76

قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَٰحِبْنِى قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا ۝٧٦

Transliteration

qāla in sa-altuka ʿan shayin baʿdahā falā tuṣāḥib'nī qad balaghta min ladunnī ʿudh'ran

Translation

[Moses] said, "If I should ask you about anything after this, then do not keep me as a companion. You have obtained from me an excuse."

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Verse 76 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:76), 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 76

Al-Mukhtasar

Moses (peace be upon him) said to Khidr: “Forgive me a second time. But if I ask you about anything after this time, then leave me, for you would have reached the limit, for which you can be excused for leaving my company, as I would have opposed your command three times”.

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Other translations of verse 76

Moses said, “If I ask you about anything after this, do not keep me in your company, for then you would be excused concerning me.”

[Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "If I ask you anything after this, keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me."

(Moses) said: If I ask thee after this concerning aught, keep not company with me. Thou hast received an excuse from me.

(Moses) said: "If ever I ask thee about anything after this, keep me not in thy company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse from my side."

He said: If I ask you about anything after this, keep me not in your company; indeed you shall have (then) found an excuse in my case.

He said, "In case I ask you about anything after (this), then keep me in (your) company (no more); you have already had (Literally: reached) excuse (sufficient) on my part." (Literally: from close to me)

Verse 76 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. إِن in If
  3. سَأَلْتُكَ sa-altuka I ask you س أ ل
  4. عَن ʿan about
  5. شَىْءٍۭ shayin anything ش ي أ
  6. بَعْدَهَا baʿdahā after it ب ع د
  7. فَلَا falā then (do) not
  8. تُصَٰحِبْنِى tuṣāḥib'nī keep me as a companion ص ح ب
  9. قَدْ qad Verily
  10. بَلَغْتَ balaghta you have reached ب ل غ
  11. مِن min from me
  12. لَّدُنِّى ladunnī from me ل د ن
  13. عُذْرًا ʿudh'ran an excuse ع ذ ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 3984

: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed, he began with himself and said: May the mercy of Allah be upon us and upon Moses. If he had patience, he would have seen marvels from his Companion. But he said: "(Moses) said: If ever I ask thee about anything after this, keep me not in they company: then…

رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى مُوسَى لَوْ صَبَرَ لَرَأَى مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ الْعَجَبَ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ ‏‏{‏ إِنْ سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَىْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلاَ تُصَاحِبْنِي قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَدُنِي ‏}‏ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ طَوَّلَهَا…

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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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