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Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 74

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

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."

Al-Kahf · 18:74

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  1. فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāThen they both set out
  2. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  3. إِذَاidhāwhen
  4. لَقِيَاlaqiyāthey met
  5. غُلَـٰمًۭاghulāmana boy
  6. فَقَتَلَهُۥfaqatalahuthen he killed him
  7. قَالَqālaHe said
  8. أَقَتَلْتَaqataltaHave you killed
  9. نَفْسًۭاnafsana soul
  10. زَكِيَّةًۢzakiyyatanpure
  11. بِغَيْرِbighayrifor other than
  12. نَفْسٍۢnafsina soul
  13. لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
  14. جِئْتَji'tayou have done
  15. شَيْـًۭٔاshayana thing
  16. نُّكْرًۭاnuk'ranevil

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