Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:71

18:71

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا ۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا

fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā rakibā fī l-safīnati kharaqahā qāla akharaqtahā litugh'riqa ahlahā laqad ji'ta shayan im'ran

So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

— Saheeh International

They travelled on. Later, when they got into a boat, and the man made a hole in it, Moses said, ‘How could you make a hole in it? Do you want to drown its passengers? What a strange thing to do!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So they both proceeded, till, when they embarked the ship, he (Khidr) scuttled it. Mûsâ (Moses) said: "Have you scuttled it in order to drown its people? Verily, you have committed a thing "Imr" (a Munkar - evil, bad, dreadful thing)."

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

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Word by Word

فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāSo they both set out
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
رَكِبَاrakibāthey had embarked
فِىfīon
ٱلسَّفِينَةِl-safīnatithe ship
خَرَقَهَاۖkharaqahāhe made a hole in it
قَالَqālaHe said
أَخَرَقْتَهَاakharaqtahāHave you made a hole in it
لِتُغْرِقَlitugh'riqato drown
أَهْلَهَاahlahāits people
لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
جِئْتَji'tayou have done
شَيْـًٔاshayana thing
إِمْرًۭاim'rangrave