Quran 18:77 — Al-Kahf, verse 77
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And so they travelled on. Then, when they came to a town and asked the inhabitants for food but were refused hospitality, they saw a wall there that was on the point of falling down and the man repaired it. Moses said, ‘But if you had wished you could have taken payment for doing that.’
فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَاتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا
fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā atayā ahla qaryatin is'taṭʿamā ahlahā fa-abaw an yuḍayyifūhumā fawajadā fīhā jidāran yurīdu an yanqaḍḍa fa-aqāmahu qāla law shi'ta lattakhadhta ʿalayhi ajran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So they departed; until, when they reached the people of a city, they asked the people for food, but they refused to receive them hospitably. There they found a wall about to tumble down, and so he set it up. He said, 'If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken a wage for that.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And so the two went on, till, when they came upon some village people, they asked them for food; but those [people] refused them all hospitality. And they saw in that (village] a wall which was on the point of tumbling down, and [the sage] rebuilt it [whereupon Moses] said: "Hadst thou so wished, surely thou couldst [at least] have obtained some payment for it?"
- Sahih International
- So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqā | So they set out | طلق |
| 2 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 3 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 4 | أَتَيَآatayā | they came | أتي |
| 5 | أَهْلَahla | (to the) people | أهل |
| 6 | قَرْيَةٍqaryatin | (of) a town | قري |
| 7 | ٱسْتَطْعَمَآis'taṭʿamā | they asked for food | طعم |
| 8 | أَهْلَهَاahlahā | (from) its people | أهل |
| 9 | فَأَبَوْا۟fa-abaw | but they refused | أبي |
| 10 | أَنan | to | — |
| 11 | يُضَيِّفُوهُمَاyuḍayyifūhumā | offer them hospitality | ضيف |
| 12 | فَوَجَدَاfawajadā | Then they found | وجد |
| 13 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 14 | جِدَارًۭاjidāran | a wall | جدر |
| 15 | يُرِيدُyurīdu | (that) want(ed) | رود |
| 16 | أَنan | to | — |
| 17 | يَنقَضَّyanqaḍḍa | collapse | قضض |
| 18 | فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖfa-aqāmahu | so he set it straight | قوم |
| 19 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 20 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 21 | شِئْتَshi'ta | you wished | شيأ |
| 22 | لَتَّخَذْتَlattakhadhta | surely you (could) have taken | أخذ |
| 23 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | for it | — |
| 24 | أَجْرًۭاajran | a payment | أجر |