The Cave 18:60

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Arabic English Morphology
وَإِذْ wa-idh
And when Noun
قَالَ qāla
said V
Musa Noun
to his boy Noun
لَآ
Not Prep
أَبْرَحُ abraḥu
I will cease V
حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā
until Prep
I reach V
مَجْمَعَ majmaʿa
the junction Noun
(of) the two seas Noun
or Prep
أَمْضِىَ amḍiya
I continue V
حُقُبًا ḥuquban
(for) a long period Noun

Moses said to his servant, ‘I will not rest until I reach the place where the two seas meet, even if it takes me years!’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَإِذۡ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَىٰهُ لَاۤ أَبۡرَحُ حَتَّىٰۤ أَبۡلُغَ مَجۡمَعَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَیۡنِ أَوۡ أَمۡضِیَ حُقُبࣰا ۝٦٠

wa-idh qāla mūsā lifatāhu lā abraḥu ḥattā ablugha majmaʿa l-baḥrayni aw amḍiya ḥuquba