The Cave 18:61

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فَلَمَّا falammā
But when Noun
بَلَغَا balaghā
they reached V
مَجْمَعَ majmaʿa
the junction Noun
between them Noun
نَسِيَا nasiyā
they forgot V
حُوتَهُمَا ḥūtahumā
their fish Noun
فَٱتَّخَذَ fa-ittakhadha
and it took V
its way Noun
فِى
into Prep
ٱلْبَحْرِ l-baḥri
the sea Noun
سَرَبًا saraban
slipping away Noun

but when they reached the place where the two seas meet, they had forgotten all about their fish, which made its way into the sea and swam away

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجۡمَعَ بَیۡنِهِمَا نَسِیَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِیلَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡبَحۡرِ سَرَبࣰا ۝٦١

falammā balaghā majmaʿa baynihimā nasiyā ḥūtahumā fa-ittakhadha sabīlahu fī l-baḥri saraba