Surah Al-Kahf, ayah 77
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا۟ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا
So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
Al-Kahf · 18:77
Word by word
- فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāSo they set out
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَآidhāwhen
- أَتَيَآatayāthey came
- أَهْلَahla(to the) people
- قَرْيَةٍqaryatin(of) a town
- ٱسْتَطْعَمَآis'taṭʿamāthey asked for food
- أَهْلَهَاahlahā(from) its people
- فَأَبَوْا۟fa-abawbut they refused
- أَنanto
- يُضَيِّفُوهُمَاyuḍayyifūhumāoffer them hospitality
- فَوَجَدَاfawajadāThen they found
- فِيهَاfīhāin it
- جِدَارًۭاjidārana wall
- يُرِيدُyurīdu(that) want(ed)
- أَنanto
- يَنقَضَّyanqaḍḍacollapse
- فَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖfa-aqāmahuso he set it straight
- قَالَqālaHe said
- لَوْlawIf
- شِئْتَshi'tayou wished
- لَتَّخَذْتَlattakhadhtasurely you (could) have taken
- عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
- أَجْرًۭاajrana payment
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