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Surah Al-Kahf (سُورَةُ الكَهۡفِ), Verse 75
Ayah 2215 of 6236 • Meccan
۞ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًۭا
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The Noble Quran
English(Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me?"
Muhammad Asad
EnglishAnd 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 [traveling] in it? Indeed, thou hast done a grievous thing!
Fatah Muhammad Jalandhari
Urdu(خضر نے) کہا کیا میں نے نہیں کہا تھا کہ تم سے میرے ساتھ صبر نہیں کرسکو گے
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Tafsir (Commentary)
Tafsir al-Sa'di
Salafi Approvedفقال له الخضر معاتبا ومذكرا: { أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا ْ}
Tafsir al-Muyassar
Salafi Approvedقال الخَضِر لموسى معاتبًا ومذكرًا: ألم أقل لك إنك لن تستطيع معي صبرًا على ما ترى من أفعالي مما لم تحط به خُبْرًا؟
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Salafi Approved" قال ألم أقل لك إنك لن تستطيع معي صبرا " فأكد أيضًا وفي التذكار بالشرط الأول.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
The Story of killing the Boy فَانطَلَقَا (Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident, حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ (till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Khidr deliberately singled him out. He was the finest and most handsome of them all, and Al-Khidr killed him. When Musa, peace be upon him, saw that he denounced him even more fervently than in the first case, and said hastily: أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً (Have you killed an innocent person) meaning, a young person who had not yet committed any sin or done anything wrong, yet you killed him بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ (without Nafs) with no reason for killing him. لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئاً نُّكْراً (Verily, you have committed a thing Nukr!) meaning, something that is clearly evil. قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْراً (He said: "Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me") Once again, Al-Khidr reiterates the condition set in the first place, so Musa says to him: إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍ بَعْدَهَا (If I ask you anything after this,) meaning, `if I object to anything else you do after this,' فَلاَ تُصَاحِبْنِى قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْراً (keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.) `you have accepted my apology twice.' Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn `Abbas that Ubayy bin Ka`b said: "Whenever the Prophet mentioned anyone, he would pray for himself first. One day he said: «رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى مُوسَى لَوْ لَبِثَ مَعَ صَاحِبِهِ لَأَبْصَرَ الْعَجَبَ، وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ: إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءٍ بَعْدَهَا فَلاَ تُصَاحِبْنِى قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْراً» (May the mercy of Allah be upon us and upon Musa. If he had stayed with his companion he would have seen wonders, but he said, (`If I ask you anything after this, keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.'))"
Tafsir Ibn Kathir
Salafi Approvedموسیٰ ؑ کی بےصبری۔حضرت خضر ؑ نے اس دوسری مرتبہ اور زیادہ تاکید سے حضرت موسیٰ ؑ کو ان کی منظور کی ہوئی شرط کے خلاف کرنے پر تنبیہہ فرمائی۔ اسی لئے حضرت موسیٰ ؑ نے بھی اس بار اور ہی راہ اختیار کی اور فرمانے لگے اچھا اب کی دفعہ اور جانے دو اب اگر میں آپ پر اعتراض کروں تو مجھے آپ اپنے ساتھ نہ رہنے دینا، یقینا آپ بار بار مجھے متنبہ فرماتے رہے اور اپنی طرف سے آپ نے کوئی کمی نہیں کی اب اگر قصور کروں تو سزا پاؤں۔ ابن جریر میں ہے حضرت عبداللہ بن عباس ؓ فرماتے ہیں کہ رسول کریم ﷺ کی عادت مبارک تھی کہ جب کوئی یاد آجاتا اور اس کے لئے آپ دعا کرتے تو پہلے اپنے لئے کرتے۔ ایک روز فرمانے لگے ہم پر اللہ کی رحمت ہو اور موسیٰ پر کاش کہ وہ اپنے ساتھی کے ساتھ اور بھی ٹھہرتے اور صبر کرتے تو اور یعنی بہت سی تعجب خیز باتیں معلوم ہوتیں۔ لیکن انہوں نے تو یہ کہہ کر چھٹی لے لی کہ اب اگر پوچھوں تو ساتھ چھوٹ جائے۔ میں اب زیادہ تکلیف میں آپ کو ڈالنا نہیں چاہتا۔
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