Surah Al-Kahf 18:61 — translation and meaning
الكهف · Verse 61 / 110 · Page 300
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا
Word by Word
فَلَمَّا
falamma
But when
بَلَغَا
balagha
they reached
مَجْمَعَ
majma'a
the junction
بَيْنِهِمَا
baynihima
between them
نَسِيَا
nasiya
they forgot
حُوتَهُمَا
hutahuma
their fish
فَاتَّخَذَ
fa-ittakhadha
and it took
سَبِيلَهُ
sabilahu
its way
فِي
fi
into
الْبَحْرِ
al-bahri
the sea
سَرَبًا
saraban
slipping away
Transliteration
Falammaa balaghaa majma'a bainihimaa nasiyaa hootahumaa fattakhaza sabeelahoo fil bahri sarabaa
Translation
But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So they both travelled and when they reached the place where the two seas meet, they forgot the fish that they had carried as provision. Allah gave life to that fish and it made a pathway in the sea like a tunnel, with which the water did not come together.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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