فَلَمَّا
بَلَغَا
مَجۡمَعَ
بَيۡنِهِمَا
نَسِيَا
حُوتَهُمَا
فَٱتَّخَذَ
سَبِيلَهُۥ
فِي
ٱلۡبَحۡرِ
سَرَبٗا
٦١

But when they ˹finally˺ reached the point where the seas met, they forgot their ˹salted˺ fish, and it made its way into the sea, slipping away ˹wondrously˺.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَلَمَّا

جَاوَزَا

قَالَ

لِفَتَىٰهُ

ءَاتِنَا

غَدَآءَنَا

لَقَدۡ

لَقِينَا

مِن

سَفَرِنَا

هَٰذَا

نَصَبٗا

٦٢

When they had passed further, he said to his assistant, “Bring us our meal! We have certainly been exhausted by today’s journey.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

أَرَءَيۡتَ

إِذۡ

أَوَيۡنَآ

إِلَى

ٱلصَّخۡرَةِ

فَإِنِّي

نَسِيتُ

ٱلۡحُوتَ

وَمَآ

أَنسَىٰنِيهُ

إِلَّا

ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ

أَنۡ

أَذۡكُرَهُۥۚ

وَٱتَّخَذَ

سَبِيلَهُۥ

فِي

ٱلۡبَحۡرِ

عَجَبٗا

٦٣

He replied, “Do you remember when we rested by the rock? ˹That is when˺ I forgot the fish. None made me forget to mention this except Satan. And the fish made its way into the sea miraculously.”¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

ذَٰلِكَ

مَا

كُنَّا

نَبۡغِۚ

فَٱرۡتَدَّا

عَلَىٰٓ

ءَاثَارِهِمَا

قَصَصٗا

٦٤

Moses responded, “That is ˹exactly˺ what we were looking for.”¹ So they returned, retracing their footsteps.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

فَوَجَدَا

عَبۡدٗا

مِّنۡ

عِبَادِنَآ

ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ

رَحۡمَةٗ

مِّنۡ

عِندِنَا

وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُ

مِن

لَّدُنَّا

عِلۡمٗا

٦٥

There they found a servant of Ours, to whom We had granted mercy from Us and enlightened with knowledge of Our Own.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

لَهُۥ

مُوسَىٰ

هَلۡ

أَتَّبِعُكَ

عَلَىٰٓ

أَن

تُعَلِّمَنِ

مِمَّا

عُلِّمۡتَ

رُشۡدٗا

٦٦

Moses said to him, “May I follow you, provided that you teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

إِنَّكَ

لَن

تَسۡتَطِيعَ

مَعِيَ

صَبۡرٗا

٦٧

He said, “You certainly cannot be patient ˹enough˺ with me.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

وَكَيۡفَ

تَصۡبِرُ

عَلَىٰ

مَا

لَمۡ

تُحِطۡ

بِهِۦ

خُبۡرٗا

٦٨

And how can you be patient with what is beyond your ˹realm of˺ knowledge?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

سَتَجِدُنِيٓ

إِن

شَآءَ

ٱللَّهُ

صَابِرٗا

وَلَآ

أَعۡصِي

لَكَ

أَمۡرٗا

٦٩

Moses assured ˹him˺, “You will find me patient, Allah willing, and I will not disobey any of your orders.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

قَالَ

فَإِنِ

ٱتَّبَعۡتَنِي

فَلَا

تَسۡـَٔلۡنِي

عَن

شَيۡءٍ

حَتَّىٰٓ

أُحۡدِثَ

لَكَ

مِنۡهُ

ذِكۡرٗا

٧٠

He responded, “Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I ˹myself˺ clarify it for you.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Tip: try navigating withctrlK

60Al-Mumtahanah

74Al-Muddaththir

83Al-Mutaffifin

Notes placeholders