Quran 18:60 — Al-Kahf, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Moses said to his servant, ‘I will not rest until I reach the place where the two seas meet, even if it takes me years!’
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَاهُ لَا أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِيَ حُقُبًا
wa-idh qāla mūsā lifatāhu lā abraḥu ḥattā ablugha majmaʿa l-baḥrayni aw amḍiya ḥuquban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when Moses said to his page, 'I will not give up until I reach the meeting of the two seas, though I go on for many years.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND LO! [In the course of his wanderings,] Moses said to his servant: "I shall not give up until I reach the junction of the two seas, even if I [have to] spend untold years [in my quest]!"
- Sahih International
- And [mention] when Moses said to his boy [i.e., servant], "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | قَالَqāla | said | قول |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | لِفَتَىٰهُlifatāhu | to his boy | فتي |
| 5 | لَآlā | Not | — |
| 6 | أَبْرَحُabraḥu | I will cease | برح |
| 7 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 8 | أَبْلُغَablugha | I reach | بلغ |
| 9 | مَجْمَعَmajmaʿa | the junction | جمع |
| 10 | ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥrayni | (of) the two seas | بحر |
| 11 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 12 | أَمْضِىَamḍiya | I continue | مضي |
| 13 | حُقُبًۭاḥuquban | (for) a long period | حقب |