Surah Al-Kahf 18:71 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 71 / 110 · Page 301

ۖ فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا

Word by Word

ۖ
فَانطَلَقَا
fa-intalaqa
So they both set out
حَتَّى
hatta
until
إِذَا
idha
when
رَكِبَا
rakiba
they had embarked
فِي
fi
on
السَّفِينَةِ
al-safinati
the ship
خَرَقَهَا
kharaqaha
he made a hole in it
قَالَ
qala
He said
أَخَرَقْتَهَا
akharaqtaha
Have you made a hole in it
لِتُغْرِقَ
litugh'riqa
to drown
أَهْلَهَا
ahlaha
its people
لَقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
جِئْتَ
ji'ta
you have done
شَيْئًا
shayan
a thing
إِمْرًا
im'ran
grave

Transliteration

Fantalaqaa hattaaa izaa rakibaa fis safeenati kharaqahaa qaala akharaqtahaa litughriqa ahlahaa laqad ji'ta shai'an imraa

Translation

So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, al-Khidh r tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave thing."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When they agreed to that, they set out to the seashore where they came across a ship, which they boarded for free as an honour to Khidr. Khidr then made a hole in the ship by removing one of its planks. Moses said to him: Did you make a hole in the ship whose owners let us board for free in the hope that they may drown. You have done something confusing and puzzling.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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"So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, al-Kh…" — Al-Kahf 18:71