۞ قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا 75
قَالَ إِن سَأَلْتُكَ عَن شَىْءِۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصَـٰحِبْنِىۖ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِن لَّدُنِّى عُذْرًا 76
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ٱسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْاْ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا 77
قَالَ هَـٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا 78
أَمَّا ٱلسَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَـٰكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ فَأَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَعِيبَهَا وَكَانَ وَرَآءَهُم مَّلِكٌ يَأْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِينَةٍ غَصْبًا 79
وَأَمَّا ٱلْغُلَـٰمُ فَكَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مُؤْمِنَيْنِ فَخَشِينَآ أَن يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَـٰنًا وَكُفْرًا 80
فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٲةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا 81
وَأَمَّا ٱلْجِدَارُ فَكَانَ لِغُلَـٰمَيْنِ يَتِيمَيْنِ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ تَحْتَهُۥ كَنزٌ لَّهُمَا وَكَانَ أَبُوهُمَا صَـٰلِحًا فَأَرَادَ رَبُّكَ أَن يَبْلُغَآ أَشُدَّهُمَا وَيَسْتَخْرِجَا كَنزَهُمَا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ وَمَا فَعَلْتُهُۥ عَنْ أَمْرِىۚ ذَٲلِكَ تَأْوِيلُ مَا لَمْ تَسْطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا 82
وَيَسْــَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِۖ قُلْ سَأَتْلُواْ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا 83
۞ قَالَqālaHe saidأَلَمْalamDid notأَقُلaqulI sayلَّكَlakato youإِنَّكَinnakathat youلَنlanneverتَسْتَطِيعَtastaṭīʿawill be ableمَعِىَmaʿiyawith meصَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience
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قَالَqālaHe saidإِنinIfسَأَلْتُكَsa-altukaI ask youعَنʿanaboutشَىْءٍۭshayinanythingبَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāafter itفَلَاfalāthen (do) notتُصَـٰحِبْنِى ۖtuṣāḥib'nīkeep me as a companionقَدْqadVerilyبَلَغْتَbalaghtayou have reachedمِنminfrom meلَّدُنِّىladunnīfrom meعُذْرًۭاʿudh'ranan excuse
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فَٱنطَلَقَاfa-inṭalaqāSo they set outحَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntilإِذَآidhāwhenأَتَيَآatayāthey cameأَهْلَahla(to the) peopleقَرْيَةٍqaryatin(of) a townٱسْتَطْعَمَآis'taṭʿamāthey asked for foodأَهْلَهَاahlahā(from) its peopleفَأَبَوْا۟fa-abawbut they refusedأَنantoيُضَيِّفُوهُمَاyuḍayyifūhumāoffer them hospitalityفَوَجَدَاfawajadāThen they foundفِيهَاfīhāin itجِدَارًۭاjidārana wallيُرِيدُyurīdu(that) want(ed)أَنantoيَنقَضَّyanqaḍḍacollapseفَأَقَامَهُۥ ۖfa-aqāmahuso he set it straightقَالَqālaHe saidلَوْlawIfشِئْتَshi'tayou wishedلَتَّخَذْتَlattakhadhtasurely you (could) have takenعَلَيْهِʿalayhifor itأَجْرًۭاajrana payment
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قَالَqālaHe saidهَـٰذَاhādhāThisفِرَاقُfirāqu(is) partingبَيْنِىbaynībetween meوَبَيْنِكَ ۚwabaynikaand between youسَأُنَبِّئُكَsa-unabbi-ukaI will inform youبِتَأْوِيلِbitawīliof (the) interpretationمَاmā(of) whatلَمْlamnotتَسْتَطِعtastaṭiʿyou were ableعَّلَيْهِʿalayhion itصَبْرًاṣabran(to have) patience
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أَمَّاammāAs forٱلسَّفِينَةُl-safīnatuthe shipفَكَانَتْfakānatit wasلِمَسَـٰكِينَlimasākīnaof (the) poor peopleيَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnaworkingفِىfīinٱلْبَحْرِl-baḥrithe seaفَأَرَدتُّfa-aradttuSo I intendedأَنْanthatأَعِيبَهَاaʿībahāI cause defect (in) itوَكَانَwakāna(as there) wasوَرَآءَهُمwarāahumafter themمَّلِكٌۭmalikuna kingيَأْخُذُyakhudhuwho seizedكُلَّkullaeveryسَفِينَةٍsafīnatinshipغَصْبًۭاghaṣban(by) force
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وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as forٱلْغُلَـٰمُl-ghulāmuthe boyفَكَانَfakānahis parents wereأَبَوَاهُabawāhuhis parents wereمُؤْمِنَيْنِmu'minaynibelieversفَخَشِينَآfakhashīnāand we fearedأَنanthatيُرْهِقَهُمَاyur'hiqahumāhe would overburden themطُغْيَـٰنًۭاṭugh'yānan(by) transgressionوَكُفْرًۭاwakuf'ranand disbelief
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فَأَرَدْنَآfa-aradnāSo we intendedأَنanthatيُبْدِلَهُمَاyub'dilahumāwould change for themرَبُّهُمَاrabbuhumātheir Lordخَيْرًۭاkhayrana betterمِّنْهُmin'huthan himزَكَوٰةًۭzakatan(in) purityوَأَقْرَبَwa-aqrabaand nearerرُحْمًۭاruḥ'man(in) affection
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وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as forٱلْجِدَارُl-jidāruthe wallفَكَانَfakānait wasلِغُلَـٰمَيْنِlighulāmaynifor two orphan boysيَتِيمَيْنِyatīmaynifor two orphan boysفِىfīinٱلْمَدِينَةِl-madīnatithe townوَكَانَwakānaand wasتَحْتَهُۥtaḥtahuunderneath itكَنزٌۭkanzuna treasureلَّهُمَاlahumāfor themوَكَانَwakānaand wasأَبُوهُمَاabūhumātheir fatherصَـٰلِحًۭاṣāliḥanrighteousفَأَرَادَfa-arādaSo intendedرَبُّكَrabbukayour Lordأَنanthatيَبْلُغَآyablughāthey reachأَشُدَّهُمَاashuddahumātheir maturityوَيَسْتَخْرِجَاwayastakhrijāand bring forthكَنزَهُمَاkanzahumātheir treasureرَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan(as) a mercyمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَ ۚrabbikayour LordوَمَاwamāAnd notفَعَلْتُهُۥfaʿaltuhuI did itعَنْʿanonأَمْرِى ۚamrīmy (own) accordذَٰلِكَdhālikaThatتَأْوِيلُtawīlu(is the) interpretationمَاmā(of) whatلَمْlamnotتَسْطِعtasṭiʿyou were ableعَّلَيْهِʿalayhion itصَبْرًۭاṣabran(to have) patience
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وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaAnd they ask youعَنʿanaboutذِىdhīDhul-qarnainٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ ۖl-qarnayniDhul-qarnainقُلْqulSayسَأَتْلُوا۟sa-atlūI will reciteعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumto youمِّنْهُmin'huabout himذِكْرًاdhik'rana remembrance
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