Quran 18:74 — Al-Kahf, verse 74
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And so they travelled on. Then, when they met a young boy and the man killed him, Moses said, ‘How could you kill an innocent person? He has not killed anyone! What a terrible thing to do!’
فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَامًا فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا نُكْرًا
fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahu qāla aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji'ta shayan nuk'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So they departed; until, when they met a lad, he slew him. He said, 'What, hast thou slain a soul innocent, and that not to retaliate for a soul slain? Thou hast indeed done a horrible thing.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And so the two went on, till, when they met a young man, [the sage] slew him -(whereupon Moses] exclaimed: "Hast thou slain an innocent human being without [his having taken] another man's life? Indeed, thou hast done a terrible thing!"
- Sahih International
- So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqā | Then they both set out | طلق |
| 2 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 4 | لَقِيَاlaqiyā | they met | لقي |
| 5 | غُلَـٰمًۭاghulāman | a boy | غلم |
| 6 | فَقَتَلَهُۥfaqatalahu | then he killed him | قتل |
| 7 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 8 | أَقَتَلْتَaqatalta | Have you killed | قتل |
| 9 | نَفْسًۭاnafsan | a soul | نفس |
| 10 | زَكِيَّةًۢzakiyyatan | pure | زكو |
| 11 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | for other than | غير |
| 12 | نَفْسٍۢnafsin | a soul | نفس |
| 13 | لَّقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 14 | جِئْتَji'ta | you have done | جيأ |
| 15 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | a thing | شيأ |
| 16 | نُّكْرًۭاnuk'ran | evil | نكر |