فَٱنطَلَقَا
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
رَكِبَا
فِي
ٱلسَّفِينَةِ
خَرَقَهَاۖ
قَالَ
أَخَرَقۡتَهَا
لِتُغۡرِقَ
أَهۡلَهَا
لَقَدۡ
جِئۡتَ
شَيۡـًٔا
إِمۡرٗا
٧١

So they set out, but after they had boarded a ship, the man made a hole in it. Moses protested, “Have you done this to drown its people? You have certainly done a terrible thing!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:72

قَالَ

أَلَمۡ

أَقُلۡ

إِنَّكَ

لَن

تَسۡتَطِيعَ

مَعِيَ

صَبۡرٗا

٧٢

He replied, “Did I not say that you cannot have patience with me?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:73

قَالَ

لَا

تُؤَاخِذۡنِي

بِمَا

نَسِيتُ

وَلَا

تُرۡهِقۡنِي

مِنۡ

أَمۡرِي

عُسۡرٗا

٧٣

Moses pleaded, “Excuse me for forgetting, and do not be hard on me.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:74

فَٱنطَلَقَا

حَتَّىٰٓ

إِذَا

لَقِيَا

غُلَٰمٗا

فَقَتَلَهُۥ

قَالَ

أَقَتَلۡتَ

نَفۡسٗا

زَكِيَّةَۢ

بِغَيۡرِ

نَفۡسٖ

لَّقَدۡ

جِئۡتَ

شَيۡـٔٗا

نُّكۡرٗا

٧٤

So they proceeded until they came across a boy, and the man killed him. Moses protested, “Have you killed an innocent soul, who killed no one? You have certainly done a horrible thing.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:75

۞ قَالَ

أَلَمۡ

أَقُل

لَّكَ

إِنَّكَ

لَن

تَسۡتَطِيعَ

مَعِيَ

صَبۡرٗا

٧٥

He answered, “Did I not tell you that you cannot have patience with me?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:76

قَالَ

إِن

سَأَلۡتُكَ

عَن

شَيۡءِۭ

بَعۡدَهَا

فَلَا

تُصَٰحِبۡنِيۖ

قَدۡ

بَلَغۡتَ

مِن

لَّدُنِّي

عُذۡرٗا

٧٦

Moses replied, “If I ever question you about anything after this, then do not keep me in your company, for by then I would have given you enough of an excuse.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:77

فَٱنطَلَقَا

حَتَّىٰٓ

إِذَآ

أَتَيَآ

أَهۡلَ

قَرۡيَةٍ

ٱسۡتَطۡعَمَآ

أَهۡلَهَا

فَأَبَوۡاْ

أَن

يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا

فَوَجَدَا

فِيهَا

جِدَارٗا

يُرِيدُ

أَن

يَنقَضَّ

فَأَقَامَهُۥۖ

قَالَ

لَوۡ

شِئۡتَ

لَتَّخَذۡتَ

عَلَيۡهِ

أَجۡرٗا

٧٧

So they moved on until they came to the people of a town. They asked them for food, but the people refused to give them hospitality. There they found a wall ready to collapse, so the man set it right. Moses protested, “If you wanted, you could have demanded a fee for this.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:78

قَالَ

هَٰذَا

فِرَاقُ

بَيۡنِي

وَبَيۡنِكَۚ

سَأُنَبِّئُكَ

بِتَأۡوِيلِ

مَا

لَمۡ

تَسۡتَطِع

عَّلَيۡهِ

صَبۡرًا

٧٨

He replied, “This is the parting of our ways. I will explain to you what you could not bear patiently.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:79

أَمَّا

ٱلسَّفِينَةُ

فَكَانَتۡ

لِمَسَٰكِينَ

يَعۡمَلُونَ

فِي

ٱلۡبَحۡرِ

فَأَرَدتُّ

أَنۡ

أَعِيبَهَا

وَكَانَ

وَرَآءَهُم

مَّلِكٞ

يَأۡخُذُ

كُلَّ

سَفِينَةٍ

غَصۡبٗا

٧٩

“As for the ship, it belonged to some poor people, working at sea. So I intended to damage it, for there was a ˹tyrant˺ king ahead of them who seizes every ˹good˺ ship by force.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

18:80