Journey of Moses pbuh to the Junction of the Two Seas

Journey of Moses pbuh to the Junction of the Two Seas

60. ﴾And when Moses said to his lad, “I will not give up until I reach the Junction of the two seas or I spend years and years in search of it.”

61. So when they reached the Junction where the two met, they forgot their fish, so it took its course through the sea and left.

62. So when they had passed [a distance], Moses said to his lad, “Bring us our lunch, we verily have found fatigue from this journey of ours.”

63. He [his lad] said, “Did you see when we took shelter at the rock? I forgot the fish, and none but Satan made me forget to remember it. And it took its course through the sea in a strange way.”

64. He [Moses] said, “That was what we were seeking.” So they went back tracing their footsteps.

65. So they found a servant of Ours, on whom We had bestowed Mercy from Us and whom We had taught knowledge from Our own Presence.

66. Moses said to him, “Shall I follow you, so that you may teach me from that which you had been taught in guidance?”

67. He [the servant] said, “Verily You will not be able to have patience with me.

68. And how are you to be patient about that which you have not been told about?”

69. He [Moses] said, “You will find me, if Allah wills, to be patient and not disobeying a command of yours.”

70. He [the servant] said, “If you follow me, do not ask me about a thing until I speak to you about it.”

71. So they both set out, until when they were on the ship, he [the servant] disfigured it. He [Moses] said, “Have you disfigured it to drown its people? It is verily a strange thing you have done.”

72. He [the servant] said, “Did I not tell you that you will not be able to have patience with me?”

73. He [Moses] said, “Do not hold against me what I have forgotten, nor overwhelm me with difficulty in my matter.”

74. They then set out until when they came across a young man, he [the servant] killed him. He [Moses] said, “Have you killed a pure soul which you have no authority to kill? It is verily a wrong thing you have done.”

75. He [the servant] said, “Did I not tell you that you will not be able to have patience with me?”

76. He [Moses] said, “If I ask you about a thing after this, do not keep me in your company. You would then have been fully excused from me.”

77. They then set out until when they came to the people of a village, they asked them for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. They found in it a wall wanting to collapse, so he [the servant] rebuilt it so [Moses] said, “If you had wished, you could have taken a wage in exchange for it.”

78. He answered, “This is a parting between me and you. I will tell you the interpretation of that about which you were not able to have patience.

79. As for the ship, it belonged to poor people who worked in the sea, so I wanted to breach it and there was a king behind them who forcefully takes every ship.

80. As for the young man, his parents were believers so we feared that he would tire them in tyranny and disbelief.

81. So we wanted that their Lord replaces him for them by one better than him in purity and kinder to his family.

82. As for the wall, it belonged to two young male orphans in the city, and there was a treasure beneath it which was theirs, and their father was a good man so your Lord wanted that they attain their age of full strength and take their treasure out. Mercy from your Lord and I did not do it by my own command. That is the interpretation of that about which you were not able to have patience.”﴿

-Surat Al-Kahf (The Cave) 18.