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qāla fa-ʾini ttabaʿtanī fa-lā tasʾalnī ʿan shayʾin ḥattā ʾuḥditha laka minhu dhikran
He said, ‘If you follow me, do not question me concerning anything until I myself first mention it for you.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
18Al-KahfالكهفVerse 70 of 110
The Cave
He said, ‘If you follow me, do not question me concerning anything until I myself first mention it for you.’
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-Kahf – Verse 70
70. “He (Khidr) said: ‘If you follow me. Then do not question me of any thing until I myself speak to you about it’.”
In view of the fact that patience upon the apparently indecent events, which a person is not aware of their secrets, is not so easy to bear, once more that the learned man (Khidr) made Moses undertake his promise. He warned him that if he wished to follow him, he had to be absolutely silent and would not ask him concerning any thing until, on its time, Khidr might tell him about it. The verse says:
Moses (as) undertook this promise again and proceeded companying ‘that great Teacher’.