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M.Pickthall
75. He said: Did I not tell thee that thou couldst not bear with me?'
Yusuf Ali
75. He answered: "Did I not tell thee that thou canst have no patience with me?"
M.Pickthall
76. (Moses) said: If I ask thee after this concerning aught, keep not company with me.
Thou hast received an excuse from me.
Yusuf Ali
76. (Moses) said: "If ever I ask thee about anything after this keep me not in thy
company: then wouldst thou have received (full) excuse from my side."
M.Pickthall
77. So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township,
they asked its folk for food, but they refused to make them guests. And they found
therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it. (Moses) said :
If thou hadst wished, thou couldst have taken payment for it.
Yusuf Ali
77. Then they proceeded: until when they came to the inhabitants of a town they asked
them for food but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point
of falling down but he set it up straight. (Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished surely
thou couldst have exacted some recompense for it!"
M.Pickthall
78. He said: This is the parting between thee and me! I will announce unto thee the
interpretation of that thou couldst not bear with patience.
Yusuf Ali
78. He answered: "This is the parting between me and thee: now will I tell thee the
interpretation of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience.
M.Pickthall
79. As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working on the river, and I wished to
mar it, for there was a king behind them who is taking every ship by force.
Yusuf Ali
79. As for the boat it belonged to certain men in dire want: they plied on the water:
I but wished to render it unserviceable for there was after them a certain king who
seized on every boat by force.
M.Pickthall
80. And as for the lad, his parents were believers and We feared lest he should oppress
them by rebellion and disbelief.
Yusuf Ali
80. "As for the youth his parents were people of Faith and we feared that he would
grieve them by obstinate rebellion and ingratitude (to Allah and man).
M.Pickthall
81. And We intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in purity
and nearer to mercy.
Yusuf Ali
81. "So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange (a son) better in purity
(of conduct) and closer in affection.
M.Pickthall
82. And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath
it a treasure belonging to them and their father had been righteous, and thy Lord intended
that they should come to their full strength and should bring forth their treasure as a
mercy from their Lord; and I did it not upon my own command. Such is the interpretation of
that wherewith thou couldst not bear.
Yusuf Ali
82. "As for the wall it belonged to two youths orphans in the Town; there was beneath it a
buried treasure to which they were entitled: their father had been a righteous man: so thy
Lord desired that they should attain their age of full strength and get out their treasure
a mercy (and favor) from thy Lord. I did it not of my own accord. Such is the interpretation
of (those things) over which thou wast unable to hold patience."
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