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The Opener · Meccan · 7 verses

18:75
۞ قَالَ
أَلَمْ
أَقُل
لَّكَ
إِنَّكَ
لَن
تَسْتَطِيعَ
مَعِىَ
صَبْرًۭا
He replied, ‘Did I not tell you that you would never be able to bear with me patiently?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:76
قَالَ
إِن
سَأَلْتُكَ
عَن
شَىْءٍۭ
بَعْدَهَا
فَلَا
تُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖ
قَدْ
بَلَغْتَ
مِن
لَّدُنِّى
عُذْرًۭا
Moses said, ‘From now on, if I query anything you do, banish me from your company- you have put up with enough from me.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:77
فَٱنطَلَقَا
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَآ
أَتَيَآ
أَهْلَ
قَرْيَةٍ
ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ
أَهْلَهَا
فَأَبَوْا۟
أَن
يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا
فَوَجَدَا
فِيهَا
جِدَارًۭا
يُرِيدُ
أَن
يَنقَضَّ
فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ
قَالَ
لَوْ
شِئْتَ
لَتَّخَذْتَ
عَلَيْهِ
أَجْرًۭا
And so they travelled on. Then, when they came to a town and asked the inhabitants for food but were refused hospitality, they saw a wall there that was on the point of falling down and the man repaired it. Moses said, ‘But if you had wished you could have taken payment for doing that.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:78
قَالَ
هَـٰذَا
فِرَاقُ
بَيْنِى
وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ
سَأُنَبِّئُكَ
بِتَأْوِيلِ
مَا
لَمْ
تَسْتَطِع
عَّلَيْهِ
صَبْرًا
He said, ‘This is where you and I part company. I will tell you the meaning of the things you could not bear with patiently:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:79
أَمَّا
ٱلسَّفِينَةُ
فَكَانَتْ
لِمَسَـٰكِينَ
يَعْمَلُونَ
فِى
ٱلْبَحْرِ
فَأَرَدتُّ
أَنْ
أَعِيبَهَا
وَكَانَ
وَرَآءَهُم
مَّلِكٌۭ
يَأْخُذُ
كُلَّ
سَفِينَةٍ
غَصْبًۭا
the boat belonged to some needy people who made their living from the sea and I damaged it because I knew that coming after them was a king who was seizing every [serviceable] boat by force.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:80
وَأَمَّا
ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ
فَكَانَ
أَبَوَاهُ
مُؤْمِنَيْنِ
فَخَشِينَآ
أَن
يُرْهِقَهُمَا
طُغْيَـٰنًۭا
وَكُفْرًۭا
The young boy had parents who were people of faith, and so, fearing he would trouble them through wickedness and disbelief,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:81
فَأَرَدْنَآ
أَن
يُبْدِلَهُمَا
رَبُّهُمَا
خَيْرًۭا
مِّنْهُ
زَكَوٰةًۭ
وَأَقْرَبَ
رُحْمًۭا
we wished that their Lord should give them another child- purer and more compassionate- in his place.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:82
وَأَمَّا
ٱلْجِدَارُ
فَكَانَ
لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ
يَتِيمَيْنِ
فِى
ٱلْمَدِينَةِ
وَكَانَ
تَحْتَهُۥ
كَنزٌۭ
لَّهُمَا
وَكَانَ
أَبُوهُمَا
صَـٰلِحًۭا
فَأَرَادَ
رَبُّكَ
أَن
يَبْلُغَآ
أَشُدَّهُمَا
وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا
كَنزَهُمَا
رَحْمَةًۭ
مِّن
رَّبِّكَ ۚ
وَمَا
فَعَلْتُهُۥ
عَنْ
أَمْرِى ۚ
ذَٰلِكَ
تَأْوِيلُ
مَا
لَمْ
تَسْطِع
عَّلَيْهِ
صَبْرًۭا
The wall belonged to two young orphans in the town and there was buried treasure beneath it belonging to them. Their father had been a righteous man, so your Lord intended them to reach maturity and then dig up their treasure as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do [these things] of my own accord: these are the explanations for those things you could not bear with patience.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:83
وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ
عَن
ذِى
ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖ
قُلْ
سَأَتْلُوا۟
عَلَيْكُم
مِّنْهُ
ذِكْرًا
[Prophet], they ask you about Dhu ’l-Qarnayn. Say, ‘I will tell you something about him.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:84
إِنَّا
مَكَّنَّا
لَهُۥ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ
مِن
كُلِّ
شَىْءٍۢ
سَبَبًۭا
We established his power in the land, and gave him the means to achieve everything.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:85
فَأَتْبَعَ
سَبَبًا
He travelled on a certain road;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:86
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
مَغْرِبَ
ٱلشَّمْسِ
وَجَدَهَا
تَغْرُبُ
فِى
عَيْنٍ
حَمِئَةٍۢ
وَوَجَدَ
عِندَهَا
قَوْمًۭا ۗ
قُلْنَا
يَـٰذَا
ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ
إِمَّآ
أَن
تُعَذِّبَ
وَإِمَّآ
أَن
تَتَّخِذَ
فِيهِمْ
حُسْنًۭا
then, when he came to the setting of the sun, he found it [seemed to be] setting into a muddy spring. Nearby he found some people and We said, ‘Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, you may choose [which of them] to punish or show kindness to.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:87
قَالَ
أَمَّا
مَن
ظَلَمَ
فَسَوْفَ
نُعَذِّبُهُۥ
ثُمَّ
يُرَدُّ
إِلَىٰ
رَبِّهِۦ
فَيُعَذِّبُهُۥ
عَذَابًۭا
نُّكْرًۭا
He answered, ‘We shall punish those who have done evil, and when they are returned to their Lord He will punish them [even more] severely,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:88
وَأَمَّا
مَنْ
ءَامَنَ
وَعَمِلَ
صَـٰلِحًۭا
فَلَهُۥ
جَزَآءً
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۖ
وَسَنَقُولُ
لَهُۥ
مِنْ
أَمْرِنَا
يُسْرًۭا
while those who believed and did good deeds will have the best of rewards: we shall command them to do what is easy for them.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:89
ثُمَّ
أَتْبَعَ
سَبَبًا
He travelled on;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:90
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
مَطْلِعَ
ٱلشَّمْسِ
وَجَدَهَا
تَطْلُعُ
عَلَىٰ
قَوْمٍۢ
لَّمْ
نَجْعَل
لَّهُم
مِّن
دُونِهَا
سِتْرًۭا
then, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no shelter from it.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:91
كَذَٰلِكَ
وَقَدْ
أَحَطْنَا
بِمَا
لَدَيْهِ
خُبْرًۭا
And so it was: We knew all about him.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:92
ثُمَّ
أَتْبَعَ
سَبَبًا
He travelled on;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:93
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
بَلَغَ
بَيْنَ
ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ
وَجَدَ
مِن
دُونِهِمَا
قَوْمًۭا
لَّا
يَكَادُونَ
يَفْقَهُونَ
قَوْلًۭا
then, when he reached a place between two mountain barriers, he found beside them a people who could barely understand him.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

18:94
قَالُوا۟
يَـٰذَا
ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ
إِنَّ
يَأْجُوجَ
وَمَأْجُوجَ
مُفْسِدُونَ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
فَهَلْ
نَجْعَلُ
لَكَ
خَرْجًا
عَلَىٰٓ
أَن
تَجْعَلَ
بَيْنَنَا
وَبَيْنَهُمْ
سَدًّۭا
They said, ‘Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, Gog and Magog are ruining this land. Will you build a barrier between them and us if we pay you a tribute?’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

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