Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 78 (18:78)

ٱلْكَهْف

قَالَ هَٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ۚ سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْرًا

Quran 18:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 302 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:78
قَالَهَٰذَافِرَاقُبَيْنِىوَبَيْنِكَ ۚسَأُنَبِّئُكَبِتَأْوِيلِمَالَمْتَسْتَطِععَّلَيْهِصَبْرًا٧٨
qāla hādhā firāqu baynī wabaynika sa-unabbi-uka bitawīli mā lam tastaṭiʿ ʿalayhi ṣabran

[Al-Khiḍr] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.(78)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  3. فِرَاقُfirāqu(is) parting
  4. بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
  5. وَبَيْنِكَ ۚwabaynikaand between you
  6. سَأُنَبِّئُكَsa-unabbi-ukaI will inform you
  7. بِتَأْوِيلِbitawīliof (the) interpretation
  8. مَاmā(of) what
  9. لَمْlamnot
  10. تَسْتَطِعtastaṭiʿyou were able
  11. عَّلَيْهِʿalayhion it
  12. صَبْرًاṣabran(to have) patience

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