فَٱنطَلَقَا
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَا
لَقِيَا
غُلَٰمٗا
فَقَتَلَهُۥ
قَالَ
أَقَتَلۡتَ
نَفۡسٗا
زَكِيَّةَۢ
بِغَيۡرِ
نَفۡسٖ
لَّقَدۡ
جِئۡتَ
شَيۡـٔٗا
نُّكۡرٗا
٧٤
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."
— Saheeh International
So they proceeded until they came across a boy, and the man killed him. Moses protested, “Have you killed an innocent soul, who killed no one? You have certainly done a horrible thing.”
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Story of killing the Boy
فَانطَلَقَا
(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,
حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ
(till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Khidr
…The Story of killing the Boy
فَانطَلَقَا
(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,
حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلاَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ
(till they
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