سُوْرَةُ الْكَهْفِ
Surah Al-Kahf (18) — Ayah 74
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَـٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا ﴿74﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
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)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَٱنطَلَقَا
fa-inṭalaqā
Then they both set out
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
لَقِيَا
laqiyā
they met
غُلَـٰمًۭا
ghulāman
a boy
فَقَتَلَهُۥ
faqatalahu
then he killed him
قَالَ
qāla
He said
أَقَتَلْتَ
aqatalta
Have you killed
نَفْسًۭا
nafsan
a soul
زَكِيَّةًۢ
zakiyyatan
pure
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
for other than
نَفْسٍۢ
nafsin
a soul
لَّقَدْ
laqad
Certainly
جِئْتَ
ji'ta
you have done
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
a thing
نُّكْرًۭا
nuk'ran
evil
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
74. 1. By "slave" is meant both an adult youth and a minor child.
74. 2. Nakira, فظیعامنکرا لا یعرف فی الشرع, such a great evil deed for which there is no allowance in the Shariah. Some have said that its meaning is: more evil than the first matter—the previous act (breaking the planks of the boat)—because killing is such an act for which remedy and compensation are not possible, whereas breaking the planks of the boat is such an act for which remedy and compensation can be made. Because according to the knowledge of Shariah that Musa (علیہ السلام) had, this act of Khidr was, in any case, against the Shariah, due to which he objected and declared it a very evil act.
74. 2. Nakira, فظیعامنکرا لا یعرف فی الشرع, such a great evil deed for which there is no allowance in the Shariah. Some have said that its meaning is: more evil than the first matter—the previous act (breaking the planks of the boat)—because killing is such an act for which remedy and compensation are not possible, whereas breaking the planks of the boat is such an act for which remedy and compensation can be made. Because according to the knowledge of Shariah that Musa (علیہ السلام) had, this act of Khidr was, in any case, against the Shariah, due to which he objected and declared it a very evil act.
