The Cave — Verse 74
18:74 · al-Kahf
The Cave 18:74
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| Arabic | English | Morphology |
|---|---|---|
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فَٱنطَلَقَا
fa-inṭalaqā
|
Then they both set out | V |
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حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
|
until | Prep |
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إِذَا
idhā
|
when | Noun |
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لَقِيَا
laqiyā
|
they met | V |
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غُلَٰمًا
ghulāman
|
a boy | Noun |
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فَقَتَلَهُۥ
faqatalahu
|
then he killed him | V |
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قَالَ
qāla
|
He said | V |
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أَقَتَلْتَ
aqatalta
|
Have you killed | V |
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نَفْسًا
nafsan
|
a soul | Noun |
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زَكِيَّةًۢ
zakiyyatan
|
pure | Noun |
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بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
|
for other than | Noun |
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نَفْسٍ
nafsin
|
a soul | Noun |
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لَّقَدْ
laqad
|
Certainly | Prep |
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جِئْتَ
ji'ta
|
you have done | V |
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شَيْـًٔا
shayan
|
a thing | Noun |
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نُّكْرًا
nuk'ran
|
evil | Noun |
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!’
— Abdel Haleem
Arabic Text
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَا لَقِیَا غُلَـٰمࣰا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلۡتَ نَفۡسࣰا زَكِیَّةَۢ بِغَیۡرِ نَفۡسࣲ لَّقَدۡ جِئۡتَ شَیۡءࣰا نُّكۡرࣰا ٧٤
fa-inṭalaqā ḥattā idhā laqiyā ghulāman faqatalahu qāla aqatalta nafsan zakiyyatan bighayri nafsin laqad ji'ta shayan nuk'ra