فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا رَکِبَا فِى السَّفِینَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَیْئاً إِمْر(( 71 ))

71- SO THEY BOTH SET OUT UNTIL THEY EMBARKED IN A BOAT (AND HE) SCUTTLED IT! (MADE A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOAT) MOSES SAID: ``DID YOU SCUTTLE IT, TO DROWN ITS CREW? VERILY YOU DID SOMETHING OFFENSIVE.''

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّکَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِیعَ مَعِى صَبْر(( 72 ))

72- HE SAID:ِ ``DID I NOT SAY THAT YOU CAN NEVER STAY PATIENT WITH ME?''

قَالَ لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِیتُ وَلاَ تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْر(( 73 ))

73- HE SAID:ِ ``TAKE ME NOT TO TASK FOR WHAT I FORGOT, AND TAKE IT NOT HARD FOR ME. (IN THIS CASE OF MINE)

فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا لَقِیَا غُلاَماً فَقَتَلَهُ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً زَکِیَّةً بِغَیْرِ نَفْس لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَیْئاً نُّکْر(( 74 ))

74- (ONCE AGAIN) THEY SET OUT UNTIL THEY MET WITH A BOY, AND HE SLEW HIM!

      HE (MOSES) SAID; DID YOU KILL AN INNOCENT PERSON WHO HAS KILLED NO ONE!? VERILY YOU DID SOMETHING TOO BAD.

قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَّکَ إِنَّکَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِیعَ مَعِى صَبْر(( 75 ))

75- HE SAID; DID I NOT TELL YOU THAT, YOU WILL NEVER STAY PATIENT WITH ME?

قَالَ إِنْ سَأَلْتُکَ عَنْ شَىْء بَعْدَهَا فَلاَ تُصَاحِبْنِى قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَّدُنِّى عُذْر(( 76 ))

76- HE SAID; ``IF EVER I QUESTIONED YOU AGAIN, DO NOT ACCOMPANY ME; FOR YOU THEN WILL HAVE ENOUGH EXCUSE ON MY SIDE.''

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فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَیَا أَهْلَ قَرْیَة اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَنْ یُضَیِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِیهَا جِدَاراً یُرِیدُ أَنْ یَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لاَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَیْهِ أَجْر(( 77 ))

77- THEN THEY SET OUT (AGAIN) UNTIL THEY CAME TO A TOWNS FOLK. THEY ASKED THE PEOPLE TO GIVE THEM SOME FOOD, BUT THEY REFUSED TO ENTERTAIN THEM. THERE, THEY FOUND A WALL ON THE POINT OF FALLING DOWN. HE SET IT UP. (REPAIRED THE WALL)

      MOSES SAID; ``IF YOU WANTED, YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN A WAGE FOR THAT.''

قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَیْنِى وَبَیْنِکَ سَأُنَبِّئُکَ بِتَأْوِیلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ عَّلَیْهِ صَبْر(( 78 ))

78- HE SAID:ِ ``NOW IS THE TIME OF SEPARATION BETWEEN ME AND YOU. SOON SHALL I INFORM YOU OF THE INTERPRETATION OF WHAT YOU COULD NOT BEAR IT PATIENTLY.''