Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:60

18:60

وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا

wa-idh qāla mūsā lifatāhu lā abraḥu ḥattā ablugha majmaʿa l-baḥrayni aw amḍiya ḥuquban

And [mention] when Moses said to his boy [i.e., servant], "I will not cease [traveling] until I reach the junction of the two seas or continue for a long period."

— Saheeh International

Moses said to his servant, ‘I will not rest until I reach the place where the two seas meet, even if it takes me years!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when Mûsâ (Moses) said to his boy-servant: "I will not give up (travelling) until I reach the junction of the two seas or (until) I spend years and years in travelling."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
قَالَqālasaid
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
لِفَتَىٰهُlifatāhuto his boy
لَآlāNot
أَبْرَحُabraḥuI will cease
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
أَبْلُغَablughaI reach
مَجْمَعَmajmaʿathe junction
ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِl-baḥrayni(of) the two seas
أَوْawor
أَمْضِىَamḍiyaI continue
حُقُبًۭاḥuquban(for) a long period