سورة الکهف
Surah Al-Kahf 18:61
The Place of Refuge · Verse 61 of 110
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا
Abdul Mannan Omar
But when they reached the confluence (where the two rivers met) they forgot (all about) their fish (which they had brought with them) so that it took its way straight into the river burrowing (in to it).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
But when they reached the Junction, they forgot (about) their Fish, which took its course through the sea (straight) as in a tunnel.
Ahmed Ali
When they reached the confluence they forgot the fish (they had brought as food) which swiftly made its way into the sea.
12 more translations
Ali Unal
When they reached the junction of the two (seas), they forgot their fish, and it took its way amazingly through the sea as in an underground channel.
Daryabadi
And when the twain reached the confluence of the two, they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the sea freely.
Faridul Haque
And when they reached the place where the two seas meet, they forgot about their fish, and it took its way into the sea, making a tunnel. (The dead fish came alive and went into the water.)
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So when they reached the junction of the two (rivers), they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the river, being free.
Maulvi Sher Ali
But when they reached the place where the two seas met, they forgot their fish and it made its way into the sea going away quickly.
Muhammad Asad
But when they reached the junction between the two [seas], they forgot all about their fish, and it took its way into the sea and disappeared from sight.
Muhammad Musin Khan
But when they reached the junction of the two seas, they forgot their fish, and it took its way through the sea as in a tunnel.
Muhammad Pickthall
And when they reached the point where the two met, they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the waters, being free.
Muhammad Sarwar
When they reached the junction of the two seas they found out that they had forgotten all about the fish (which they had carried for food). The fish found its way into the sea.
Muhammed ali Shakir
So when they had reached the junction of the two (rivers) they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the sea, going away.
Rashad Khalifa
When they reached the point where they met, they forgot their fish, and it found its way back to the river, sneakily.
Shabbir Ahmed
But when Moses with his young friend reached the junction of the two streams, they forgot all about the fish. And it disappeared into the sea.
Commentary 18:61 The loss of the symbolic fish was to serve as a sign that the union of the rivers of human and Divine Knowledge has been attained (Bukhârî 3:44). Asking…
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا
18:61 The loss of the symbolic fish was to serve as a sign that the union of the rivers of human and Divine Knowledge has been attained (Bukhârî 3:44). Asking for a meal denotes weariness (Bukhârî; see also Ta‘tîr). This grand servant of Allâh who is the central figure of the whole narration, stands for the Holy Prophet (pbuh) in possession of the most perfect form of prophetic knowledge (see Ta‘tîr). According to some interpreters, “the sincere young comrade” was Joshua, who appears so prominently in the History of Israel, and the junction of the two rivers is the branching of the Nile near Khartûm. In one tradition, this grand servant of Allâh is spoken of as Khidzir - the green one (Bukhârî; Ta‘tîr). This is an epithet rather than a name, implying that his wisdom was ever fresh and imperishable (cf. 18:31).