فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And they found a servant from among Our servants [i.e., al-Khiḍr] to whom We had given mercy from Us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (இவ்வாறு) அவ்விருவரும் நம் அடியார்களில் ஒருவரைக் கண்டார்கள்; நாம் அவருக்கு நம்மிடமிருந்து கிருபை அருளியிருந்தோம்; இன்னும் நாம் அவருக்கு நம்மிடமிருந்து கல்வி ஞானத்தையும் கற்றுக் கொடுத்திருந்தோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- එවිට ඔවුන් දෙදෙනා ම අපගේ ගැත්තන් අතරින් එක් ගැත්තෙකුව මුණ ගැසුණෝ ය. අපි ඔහුට අප වෙතින් වූ ආශිර්වාදය ලබා දුනිමු. තවද අප වෙතින් වූ ඥානය ද අපි ඔහුට ඉගැන්වූයෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- پس ہمارے بندوں میں سے ایک بندے کو پایا، جسے ہم نے اپنے پاس کی خاص رحمت عطا فرما رکھی تھی اور اسے اپنے پاس سے خاص علم سکھا رکھا تھا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- それからかれは（岩のところに戻って来て），われの一人のしもベ（ヒドル）に会った。われは（あらかじめ）かれに，わが許から慈悲を施し，また直接に知識を授け教えておいたのである。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他俩发现我的一个仆人，我已把从我这里发出的恩惠赏赐他，我已把从我这里发出的知识传授他。
Tafsir of 18:65
The Story of Musa and Al-Khidr The reason for Musa's conversation with the boy-servant, Yusha` bin Nun, was that he had been told about one of the servants of Allah at the junction of the two seas, who had knowledge which Musa had not been granted, so he wanted to travel to meet him. So he said to that boy-servant of his: لا أَبْرَحُ (I will not give up) meaning, I will keep on traveling, حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ (until I reach the junction of the two seas) meaning, the place where the two seas met. أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُباً (or a Huqub passes.) meaning, even if I have to travel for a very long time. Ibn Jarir (may Allah have mercy on him) said, "Some of the scholars of the Arabic language said that Huqub means a year in the dialect of the tribe of Qays," then he narrated that `Abdullah bin `Amr said, "Huqub means eighty years." Mujahid said, "Seventy years." `Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn `Abbas said that it means a lifetime. Qatadah and Ibn Zayd said likewise.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
