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Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 78

سورة الكهف، الآية ٧٨

18:78 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 302 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 18:78

قَالَ هَٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا ۝٧٨

Transliteration

qāla hādhā firāqu baynī wabaynika sa-unabbi-uka bitawīli mā lam tastaṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabran

Translation

[Al-Khiḍr] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.

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Verse 78 of Surah Al-Kahf (18:78), 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 78

Al-Mukhtasar

Khidr said to Moses: “This objection to my not taking a wage for erecting the wall is the point of separation between me and you. I shall inform you of the explanation of what you saw me doing but which you were unable to bear.

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Other translations of verse 78

The man said, “This is the parting of ways between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that which you could not bear with patience.

(Khidr) said: "This is the parting between me and you, I will tell you the interpretation of (those) things over which you were unable to hold patience.

He said: This is the parting between thee and me! I will announce unto thee the interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with patience.

He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now will I tell thee the interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience.

He said: This shall be separation between me and you; now I will inform you of the significance of that with which you could not have patience.

Said he, "This is the parting between me and you. I will soon (fully) inform you regarding the interpretation of what you were unable to (endure) patiently.

Verse 78 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. هَٰذَا hādhā This
  3. فِرَاقُ firāqu (is) parting ف ر ق
  4. بَيْنِى baynī between me ب ي ن
  5. وَبَيْنِكَ wabaynika and between you ب ي ن
  6. سَأُنَبِّئُكَ sa-unabbi-uka I will inform you ن ب أ
  7. بِتَأْوِيلِ bitawīli of (the) interpretation أ و ل
  8. مَا mā (of) what
  9. لَمْ lam not
  10. تَسْتَطِع tastaṭiʿ you were able ط و ع
  11. عَّلَيْهِ ʿalayhi on it
  12. صَبْرًا ṣabran (to have) patience ص ب ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 4725

I said to Ibn `Abbas, "Nauf Al-Bikali claims that Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir was not the Moses of the children of Israel" Ibn `Abbas said, "The enemy of Allah (Nauf) told a lie." Narrated Ubai bin Ka`b that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "Moses got up to deliver a speech before the…

إِنَّ مُوسَى قَامَ خَطِيبًا فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَسُئِلَ أَىُّ النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ فَقَالَ أَنَا فَعَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ الْعِلْمَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ إِنَّ لِي عَبْدًا بِمَجْمَعِ…

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