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Al-Kahf - 18:71
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Damaging the Boat
Allah tells:
فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَكِبَا فِي السَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا
So they both proceeded, till, when they boarded the boat, he (Khidr) damaged it
Musa said:"Have you damaged it wherein its people will drown!
Allah tells us that Musa and his companion Al-Khidr set out having come to an agreement and reached an understanding. Al-Khidr had made the condition that Musa should not ask him about anything he found distasteful until he himself initiated the discussion and offered an explanation. So they went on board the ship, as described in the Hadith quoted above -- the crew recognized Al-Khidr and let them ride on board free of charge, as an honor to Al-Khidr.
When the boat took them out to sea and they were far from the shore, Al-Khidr got up and damaged the boat, pulling out one of its planks and then patching it up again.
Musa, peace be upon him, could not restrain himself from denouncing him, so he said:
أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا
(Have you damaged it wherein its people will drown)
The grammatical structure of the sentence in Arabic implies that this was the consequence, not the purpose, of his action.
لَقَدْ جِيْتَ شَيْيًا إِمْرًا
Verily, you have committed a thing Imr
About 'Imr', Mujahid said: "An evil thing."
Qatadah said, "An astounding thing."
Al-Kahf - 18:72
At this point, reminding him of the previously agreed condition,
قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا
He (Al-Khidr) said: Did I not tell you, that you would not be able to have patience with me!
Meaning, 'this thing that I did deliberately is one of the things I told you not to denounce me for, because you do not know the full story, and there is a reason and purpose for it that you do not know about.'
Al-Kahf - 18:73
قَالَ لَاا تُوَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَاا تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْرًا
He (Musa) said:Call me not to account for what I forgot, and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you). Meaning,'`do not be harsh with me.'
Hence it says in the Hadith quoted above from the Messenger of Allah:
كَانَتِ الاْاُولَى مِنْ مُوسَى نِسْيَانًا
In the first instance, Musa asked Al-Khidr because he had forgotten his promise
Al-Kahf - 18:74
The Story of killing the Boy
Allah tells:
فَانطَلَقَا
Then they both proceeded
Means, after the first incident
حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَمًا فَقَتَلَهُ
Till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him
It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Khidr deliberately singled him out. He was the finest and most handsome of them all, and Al-Khidr killed him. When Musa, peace be upon him, saw that he denounced him even more fervently than in the first case, and said hastily:
قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةً
He (Musa) said:Have you killed an innocent person
Meaning, a young person who had not yet committed any sin or done anything wrong, yet you killed him.
بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ
Without Nafs
With no reason for killing him.
لَّقَدْ جِيْتَ شَيْيًا نُّكْرًا
Verily, you have committed a thing Nukr!
Meaning, something that is clearly evil.
Al-Kahf - 18:75
قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِي صَبْرًا
He said:"Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me!"
Once again, Al-Khidr reiterates the condition set in the first place, so Musa says to him
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