Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:70

18:70

قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا

qāla fa-ini ittabaʿtanī falā tasalnī ʿan shayin ḥattā uḥ'ditha laka min'hu dhik'ran

He said, "Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I make to you about it mention [i.e., explanation]."

— Saheeh International

The man said, ‘If you follow me then, do not query anything I do before I mention it to you myself.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He (Khidr) said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything till I myself mention of it to you."

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
فَإِنِfa-iniThen if
ٱتَّبَعْتَنِىittabaʿtanīyou follow me
فَلَاfalā(do) not
تَسْـَٔلْنِىtasalnīask me
عَنʿanabout
شَىْءٍshayinanything
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
أُحْدِثَuḥ'dithaI present
لَكَlakato you
مِنْهُmin'huof it
ذِكْرًۭاdhik'rana mention