Surah Al-Kahf (الكهف) • The Cave

Quran 18:74

18:74

فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَـٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا

fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahu qāla aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji'ta shayan nuk'ran

So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."

— Saheeh International

And so they travelled on. Then, when they met a young boy and the man killed him, Moses said, ‘How could you kill an innocent person? He has not killed anyone! What a terrible thing to do!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then they both proceeded, till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him. Mûsâ (Moses) said: "Have you killed an innocent person who had killed none? Verily, you have committed a thing Nukr (a great Munkar - prohibited, evil, dreadful thing)!"

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

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Word by Word

فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāThen they both set out
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
لَقِيَاlaqiyāthey met
غُلَـٰمًۭاghulāmana boy
فَقَتَلَهُۥfaqatalahuthen he killed him
قَالَqālaHe said
أَقَتَلْتَaqataltaHave you killed
نَفْسًۭاnafsana soul
زَكِيَّةًۢzakiyyatanpure
بِغَيْرِbighayrifor other than
نَفْسٍۢnafsina soul
لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
جِئْتَji'tayou have done
شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thing
نُّكْرًۭاnuk'ranevil