← Surah 18

18:74

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

Word by word

فَٱنطَلَقَا
Then they both set out
Verb
Root: طلق
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
ٱنطَلَقَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. dual
اNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. dual
حَتَّىٰٓ
until
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
حَتَّىٰٓPreposition — inceptive
إِذَا
when
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
إِذَاNoun — time adverb
لَقِيَا
they met
Verb
Root: لقي
Grammar (i'rab)
لَقِيَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. dual
اNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. dual
غُلَٰمًا
a boy
Noun
Root: غلم
Grammar (i'rab)
غُلَٰمًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
فَقَتَلَهُۥ
then he killed him
Verb
Root: قتل
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
قَتَلَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
هُۥNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. sing.
قَالَ
He said
Verb
Root: قول
Grammar (i'rab)
قَالَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
أَقَتَلْتَ
Have you killed
Verb
Root: قتل
Grammar (i'rab)
أَNoun — interrogative، prefix
قَتَلْVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. sing.
تَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
نَفْسًا
a soul
Noun
Root: نفس
Grammar (i'rab)
نَفْسًاNoun — fem. sing.، indefinite، accusative
زَكِيَّةًۢ
pure
Noun
Root: زكو
Grammar (i'rab)
زَكِيَّةًۢNoun — feminine، indefinite، accusative
بِغَيْرِ
for other than
Noun
Root: غير
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
غَيْرِNoun — masculine، genitive
نَفْسٍ
a soul
Noun
Root: نفس
Grammar (i'rab)
نَفْسٍNoun — fem. sing.، indefinite، genitive
لَّقَدْ
Certainly
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَّPreposition — emphasis، prefix
قَدْPreposition — particle of certainty
جِئْتَ
you have done
Verb
Root: جيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
جِئْVerb — perfect، 2nd masc. sing.
تَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
شَيْـًٔا
a thing
Noun
Root: شيأ
Grammar (i'rab)
شَيْـًٔاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
نُّكْرًا
evil
Noun
Root: نكر
Grammar (i'rab)
نُّكْرًاNoun — masc. sing.، indefinite، accusative، adjective

Translation

EN

Then they proceeded: until, when they met a young man, he slew him. Moses said: "Hast thou slain an innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard of) thing hast thou done!"

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

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 Haleemall-rights-reserved

So they twain journeyed on till, when they met a lad, he slew him. (Moses) said: What! Hast thou slain an innocent soul who hath slain no man? Verily thou hast done a horrid thing.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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 Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Yine gittiler; sonunda bir erkek çocuğa rastladılar, o hemen onu öldürdü. Musa: "Bir cana karşılık olmaksızın masum bir cana mı kıydın? Doğrusu pek kötü bir şey yaptın" dedi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Yine gittiler. Nihayet bir erkek çocuğa rastladıklarında Hızır hemen onu öldürdü. Musa: "Kısas olmadan masum bir cana nasıl kıyarsın? Doğrusu sen çok fena bir şey yaptın" dedi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

(Yeniden) yola çıkmışlardı. Sonunda bir erkek çocuğa rastladıklarında (melek) onu hemen öldürmüştü. (Musa) şöyle demişti: “Tertemiz (suçsuz) bir canı, bir can karşılığı olmaksızın öldürdün, öyle mi? Şüphesiz ki sen fena bir şey yaptın!”

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

فقبل الخَضِر عذره، ثم خرجا من السفينة، فبينما هما يمشيان على الساحل إذ أبصرا غلامًا يلعب مع الغلمان، فقتله الخَضِر، فأنكر موسى عليه وقال: كيف قتلت نفسًا طاهرة لم تبلغ حدَّ التكليف، ولم تقتل نفسًا، حتى تستحق القتل بها؟ لقد فَعَلْتَ أمرًا منكرًا عظيمًا.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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