Surah Al-Kahf 18:72 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 72 / 110 · Page 301

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
أَلَمْ
alam
Did not
أَقُلْ
aqul
I say
إِنَّكَ
innaka
indeed you
لَن
lan
never
تَسْتَطِيعَ
tastati'a
will be able
مَعِيَ
ma'iya
with me
صَبْرًا
sabran
(to have) patience

Transliteration

Qaala alam aqul innaka lan tastatee'a ma'iya sabraa

Translation

[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Khidr said to Moses: Did I not say: You will not be able to bear patience over what you see me doing?!

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

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