Al-Káhf 18:81 فاردنا ان يبدلهما ربهما خيرا منه زكاة واقرب رحما ٨١
فَأَرَدۡنَآ
أَن
يُبۡدِلَهُمَا
رَبُّهُمَا
خَيۡرٗا
مِّنۡهُ
زَكَوٰةٗ
وَأَقۡرَبَ
رُحۡمٗا
٨١
So we intended that their Lord should substitute for them one better than him in purity and nearer to mercy.
— Saheeh International
So we hoped that their Lord would give them another, more virtuous and caring in his place.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Interpretation of why the Boy was killed
Ibn `Abbas narrated from Ubayy bin Ka`b that the Prophet said:
«الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ الْخَضِرُ طُبِعَ يَوْمَ طُبِعَ كَافِرًا»
(The boy Al-Khidr killed was destined to be a disbeliever from the day he was created.) It was recorded by Ibn Jarir from Ibn `Ab
…Interpretation of why the Boy was killed
Ibn `Abbas narrated from Ubayy bin Ka`b that the Prophet said:
«الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي قَتَلَهُ الْخَضِرُ طُبِعَ يَ
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