Al-Jalalayn
Al-Jalalayn
الكهف
Al-Kahf
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قَالَ إِن سَأَلۡتُكَ عَن شَيۡءِۭ بَعۡدَهَا فَلَا تُصَٰحِبۡنِيۖ قَدۡ بَلَغۡتَ مِن لَّدُنِّي عُذۡرٗا
«Si, après cela, je t'interroge sur quoi que ce soit, dit [Moïse], alors ne m'accompagne plus. Tu seras alors excusé de te séparer de moi»
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
And for this reason he said ‘If I ask you about anything after this after this instance then do not keep me in your company do not allow me to follow you for truly you will have found from me read ladunnī or ladunī on my part sufficient enough excuse’ for you to part company with me.
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهۡلَ قَرۡيَةٍ ٱسۡتَطۡعَمَآ أَهۡلَهَا فَأَبَوۡاْ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارٗا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥۖ قَالَ لَوۡ شِئۡتَ لَتَّخَذۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ أَجۡرٗا
Ils partirent donc tous deux; et quand ils furent arrivés à un village habité, ils demandèrent à manger à ses habitants; mais ceux-ci refusèrent de leur donner l'hospitalité. Ensuite, ils y trouvèrent un mur sur le point de s'écrouler. L'homme le redressa. Alors [Moïse] lui dit: «Si tu voulais, tu aurais bien pu réclamer pour cela un salaire»
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
So they set off until when they came to the folk of a certain town namely Antioch Antākya they asked its folk for food they asked them for food by way of hospitality but they refused to extend them any hospitality. They then found in it a wall one hundred cubits high about to collapse that is it was close to falling down because of its tilt; so he al-Khidr straightened it with his own hands. He Moses said to him ‘Had you wished you could have taken a variant reading for la-ttakhadhta has la-takhidhta a wage for it’ some sort of payment since they did not extend us any hospitality despite our need for food.
قَالَ هَٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيۡنِي وَبَيۡنِكَۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأۡوِيلِ مَا لَمۡ تَسۡتَطِع عَّلَيۡهِ صَبۡرًا
«Ceci [marque] la séparation entre toi et moi, dit [l'homme,] Je vais t'apprendre l'interprétation de ce que tu n'as pu supporter avec patience
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
Said he al-Khidr to him ‘This is the parting that is the moment for parting between me and you baynī wa-baynika here the preposition bayna has been annexed to a non-multiple noun but this is allowed grammatically because it is then repeated with its other noun together with the coordinating wāw. I will inform you before I part company with you the interpretation of that over which you were not able to maintain patience.
أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتۡ لِمَسَٰكِينَ يَعۡمَلُونَ فِي ٱلۡبَحۡرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنۡ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٞ يَأۡخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصۡبٗا
Pour ce qui est du bateau, il appartenait à des pauvres gens qui travaillaient en mer. Je voulais donc le rendre défectueux, car il y avait derrière eux un roi qui saisissait de force tout bateau
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
As for the ship it belonged to poor people ten in number who earned a living on the sea with it leasing it to others as a way of gaining a living; and I wanted to make it defective for behind them whenever they returned — or meaning before them now — was a king a disbeliever seizing every ship that was usable by force ghasban is in the accusative as a verbal noun containing an explanation of the nature of such ‘seizure’.
وَأَمَّا ٱلۡغُلَٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤۡمِنَيۡنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرۡهِقَهُمَا طُغۡيَٰنٗا وَكُفۡرٗا
Quant au garçon, ses père et mère étaient des croyants; nous avons craint qu'il ne leur imposât la rébellion et la mécréance
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
And as for the boy his parents were believers and We feared lest he should overwhelm them with insolence and disbelief — for he is as described by the hadīth of Muslim ‘He was incorrigibly disposed to disbelief and had he lived longer this disposition of his would have oppressed them because of their love for him they would have followed him in such a path of disbelief’.