Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali, Muhammad Muhsin Khan — 301

18:62 62. So when they had passed further on (beyond that fixed place), Mûsâ (Moses) said to his boy-servant: "Bring us our morning meal; truly, we have suffered much fatigue in this, our journey."

18:63 63. He said: "Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish; none but Shaitân (Satan) made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the sea in a strange (way)!"

18:64 64. [Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "That is what we have been seeking." So they went back retracing their footsteps.

18:65 65. Then they found one of Our slaves, on whom We had bestowed mercy from Us, and whom We had taught knowledge from Us.

18:66 66. Mûsâ (Moses) said to him (Khidr): "May I follow you so that you teach me something of that knowledge (guidance and true path) which you have been taught (by Allâh)?"

18:67 67. He (Khidr) said: "Verily you will not be able to have patience with me!

18:68 68. "And how can you have patience about a thing which you know not?"

18:69 69. Mûsâ (Moses) said: "If Allâh wills, you will find me patient, and I will not disobey you in aught."

18:70 70. He (Khidr) said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything till I myself mention of it to you."

18:71 71. So they both proceeded, till, when they embarked the ship, he (Khidr) scuttled it. Mûsâ (Moses) said: "Have you scuttled it in order to drown its people? Verily, you have committed a thing "Imr" (a Munkar - evil, bad, dreadful thing)."

18:72 72. He (Khidr) said: "Did I not tell you, that you would not be able to have patience with me?"

18:73 73. [Mûsâ (Moses)] said: "Call me not to account for what I forgot,[6] and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you)."

18:74 74. Then they both proceeded, till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him. Mûsâ (Moses) said: "Have you killed an innocent person who had killed none? Verily, you have committed a thing Nukr (a great Munkar - prohibited, evil, dreadful thing)!"