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But when they reached the Junction,
they forgot (about)
their Fish, which took its course through the sea (straight)
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When they had passed on (some
distance) Moses said to his
attendant: "Bring us our early meal; truly we have suffered much
fatigue at this (stage of)
our journey." |
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He replied: "Saw you (what
happened) when we betook ourselves
to the rock? I did indeed forget (about)
the Fish: none but Satan made me forget to tell (you)
about it: it took its course through the sea in a marvelous way!" |
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Moses said: "That was what we
were seeking after": so they went back on their footsteps, following
(the path they had come). |
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So they found one of Our servants,
on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Ourselves and whom We had taught
knowledge from Our own presence |
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Moses said to him: "May I follow
you, on the footing that you teach me something of the (Higher)
Truth which you have been taught?" |
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(The other)
said: "Verily you will not be able to have patience with me! |
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"And how can you have patience
about things about which your understanding is not complete?" |
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Moses said: "You will find me,
if Allah so will, (truly)
patient: nor shall I disobey you in aught." |
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The other said: "If then you would
follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak
to you concerning it." |
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So they both proceeded: until, when
they were in the boat, he scuttled it. Said Moses: "Have you
scuttled it in order to drown those in it? Truly a strange thing have
you done!" |
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He answered: "Did I not tell you
that you can have no patience with me?" |
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Moses said: "Rebuke me not for
forgetting, nor grieve me by raising difficulties in my case." |
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Then they proceeded: until, when they
met a young man, he slew him. Moses said: "Have you slain an
innocent person who had slain none? Truly a foul (unheard-of)
thing have you done!" |
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He answered: "Did I not tell you
that you can have no patience with me?" |
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(Moses)
said: "If ever I ask you about anything after this, keep me not
in your company: then would you have received (full)
excuse from my side." |
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Then they proceeded: until, when they
came to the inhabitants of a town, they asked them for food, but they
refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point of
falling down, but he set it up straight. (Moses)
said: "If you had wished, surely you could have exacted some
recompense for it!" |
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He answered: "This is the parting
between me and you: now will I tell you the interpretation of
(those things)
over which you were unable to hold patience. |
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As for the boat, it belonged to certain
men in dire want: they plied on the water: I but wished to render
it unserviceable, for there was after them a certain king who seized
on every boat by force. |
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"As for the youth, his parents
were people of Faith, and we feared that he would grieve them by obstinate
rebellion and ingratitude (to
Allah and man). |
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"So we desired that their Lord
would give them in exchange (a
son) better in purity (of
conduct) and closer in affection. |
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"As for the wall, it belonged
to two youths orphans, in the Town; there was, beneath it, a buried
treasure, to which they were entitled: their father had been a righteous
man: so your Lord desired that they should attain their age of full
strength and get out their treasure--a mercy (and
favor) from your Lord. I did
it not of my own accord. Such is the interpretation of (those
things) over which you were
unable to hold patience." |
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They ask you concerning Zul-qarnain.
Say, "I will rehearse to you something of his story." |
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Verily We established his power on
earth, and We gave him the ways and the means to all ends. |
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85. |
One (such) way
he followed, |
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Until, when he reached the setting
of the sun, He found it set in a spring of murky water: near it he
found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (you
have authority,) either to punish
them, or to treat them with kindness." |
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He said: "Whoever does wrong,
him shall we punish; then shall he be sent back to his Lord; and He
will punish him with a punishment unheard-of (before). |
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"But whoever believes, and works
righteousness--he shall have a goodly reward, and easy will be his
task as we order it by our command." |
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Then followed he (another)
way. |
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Until, when he came to the rising of
the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We had provided no
covering protection against the sun. |
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