Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:72

18:72

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا

qāla alam aqul innaka lan tastaṭīʿa maʿiya ṣabran

[Al-Khiḍr] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

— Saheeh International

He replied, ‘Did I not tell you that you would never be able to bear with me patiently?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He (Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you, that you would not be able to have patience with me?"

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

Juz 15Page 301meccan

Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
أَلَمْalamDid not
أَقُلْaqulI say
إِنَّكَinnakaindeed, you
لَنlannever
تَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿawill be able
مَعِىَmaʿiyawith me
صَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience