Surah Al-Kahf 18:78 — translation and meaning

الكهف · Verse 78 / 110 · Page 302

ۚ قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنِكَ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا

Word by Word

ۚ
قَالَ
qala
He said
هَذَا
hadha
This
فِرَاقُ
firaqu
(is) parting
بَيْنِي
bayni
between me
وَبَيْنِكَ
wabaynika
and between you
سَأُنَبِّئُكَ
sa-unabbi-uka
I will inform you
بِتَأْوِيلِ
bitawili
of (the) interpretation
مَا
ma
(of) what
لَمْ
lam
not
تَسْتَطِع
tastati'
you were able
عَّلَيْهِ
alayhi
on it
صَبْرًا
sabran
(to have) patience

Transliteration

Qaala haazaa firaaqu bainee wa bainik; sa unabi 'uka bitaaweeli maa lam tastati' 'alaihi sabraa

Translation

[Al-Khidh r] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Khidr said to Moses: “This objection to my not taking a wage for erecting the wall is the point of separation between me and you. I shall inform you of the explanation of what you saw me doing but which you were unable to bear.

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

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