The Majestic Quran

this then tell me to leave you. You will have a valid excuse from me.” 77 So, they set off till they reached a village, here they asked the villagers for food, but they refused to take them as guests. They found a wall about to fall down, so Khidr rebuilt it. Moses complained, “You could have asked for a payment, if you wanted.” K 78 He replied, “We must go our separate ways now! I shall give you an explanation for what you were unable to bear patiently. 79 The boat belonged to poor fishermen, I damaged it because a king was coming after them to forcefully seize all seaworthy boats. 80 The boy, his parents were believers, but we feared he would distress them by being disobedient and unthankful. 81 We hope their Lord will give them a righteous child in exchange, one who will be more caring. 82 The falling wall belonged to two orphan boys in the town; buried beneath it was their treasure, their father was a righteous man. Your Lord wanted them to reach maturity, so they could dig up their treasure; this was your Lord’s kindness. What I did wasn’t done by my will; that’s an explanation of those events you couldn’t bear patiently.” T Z Q 83 They ask you about Zul Qarnayn. Say: “I will tell you part of his story.” 84 We established and gave him power on Earth, and gave him the resources to achieve great things . 35 85 So he set off on an expedition, 86 until he reached the place where the sun sets; he found it setting in a spring of murky water . 36 He found some people there, We said: “Zul Qarnayn, you can reprimand or be kind to them.” 87 He said, “Whoever does wrong, we will punish him, but when he returns to his Lord, the punishment will be dreadful. 88 However, whoever believes and does good deeds will have a beautiful reward, and We will only ask him to do easy tasks.” H E 89 So he again set off on another expedition, 90 until he reached the place of sunrise in the east . He found people there who lived in the open, without any shelter. 91 So it was; We knew all about him. D G M 37