Quran 18:71 — Al-Kahf, verse 71
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They travelled on. Later, when they got into a boat, and the man made a hole in it, Moses said, ‘How could you make a hole in it? Do you want to drown its passengers? What a strange thing to do!’
فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا
fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā rakibā fī l-safīnati kharaqahā qāla akharaqtahā litugh'riqa ahlahā laqad ji'ta shayan im'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So they departed; until, when they embarked upon the ship, he made a hole in it. He said, 'What, hast thou made a hole in it so as to drown its passengers? Thou hast indeed done a grievous thing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And so the two went on their way, till (they reached the seashore; and] when they disembarked from the boat [that had ferried them across], the sage made a hole in it-[whereupon Moses] exclaimed: "Hast thou made a hole in it in order to drown the people who may be [travelling] in it? Indeed, thou hast done a grievous thing!"
- Sahih International
- So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqā | So they both set out | طلق |
| 2 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 4 | رَكِبَاrakibā | they had embarked | ركب |
| 5 | فِىfī | on | — |
| 6 | ٱلسَّفِينَةِl-safīnati | the ship | سفن |
| 7 | خَرَقَهَا ۖkharaqahā | he made a hole in it | خرق |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 9 | أَخَرَقْتَهَاakharaqtahā | Have you made a hole in it | خرق |
| 10 | لِتُغْرِقَlitugh'riqa | to drown | غرق |
| 11 | أَهْلَهَاahlahā | its people | أهل |
| 12 | لَقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 13 | جِئْتَji'ta | you have done | جيأ |
| 14 | شَيْـًٔاshayan | a thing | شيأ |
| 15 | إِمْرًۭاim'ran | grave | أمر |