فَانْطَلَقَا ۥ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا رَكِبَا فِی السَّفِیْنَةِ خَرَقَهَا ؕ قَالَ اَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ اَهْلَهَا ۚ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَیْـًٔا اِمْرًا۝۷۱

So they set out till they (came to the quay) and went on board a ship in which he made a hole, (and Moses said:) "You have made a hole in the boat to drown its passengers? You have done a strange thing!"

قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِیْعَ مَعِیَ صَبْرًا۝۷۲

"Did I not tell you," he replied, "that you will not be able to bear with me?"

قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِیْ بِمَا نَسِیْتُ وَ لَا تُرْهِقْنِیْ مِنْ اَمْرِیْ عُسْرًا۝۷۳

(Moses) said: "Do not hold me for having forgotten, and do not reprove me and make my task difficult."

فَانْطَلَقَا ۥ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا لَقِیَا غُلٰمًا فَقَتَلَهٗ ۙ قَالَ اَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِیَّةًۢ بِغَیْرِ نَفْسٍ ؕ لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَیْـًٔا نُّكْرًا۝۷۴

The two went on till they came to a boy, whom he killed. Moses exclaimed: "You have killed an innocent soul who had taken no life. You have done a most abominable thing!"

قَالَ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَّكَ اِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِیْعَ مَعِیَ صَبْرًا۝۷۵

He said: "Did I not tell you you will not be able to bear with me?"

قَالَ اِنْ سَاَلْتُكَ عَنْ شَیْءٍۭ بَعْدَهَا فَلَا تُصٰحِبْنِیْ ۚ قَدْ بَلَغْتَ مِنْ لَّدُنِّیْ عُذْرًا۝۷۶

Moses said: "If I ask you any thing again then do not keep me with you. You have my apology."

فَانْطَلَقَا ۥ حَتّٰۤی اِذَاۤ اَتَیَاۤ اَهْلَ قَرْیَةِ ِ۟اسْتَطْعَمَاۤ اَهْلَهَا فَاَبَوْا اَنْ یُّضَیِّفُوْهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِیْهَا جِدَارًا یُّرِیْدُ اَنْ یَّنْقَضَّ فَاَقَامَهٗ ؕ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَیْهِ اَجْرًا۝۷۷

The two went on till they came upon some villagers, and asked the people for food, but they refused to entertain them. There they found a wall that was crumbling, which he repaired. Moses remarked: "You could have demanded wages for it if you liked."

قَالَ هٰذَا فِرَاقُ بَیْنِیْ وَ بَیْنِكَ ۚ سَاُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَاْوِیْلِ مَا لَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ عَّلَیْهِ صَبْرًا۝۷۸

"This is the parting of our "ways," he said. "But I will now explain the things you could not bear:

اَمَّا السَّفِیْنَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسٰكِیْنَ یَعْمَلُوْنَ فِی الْبَحْرِ فَاَرَدْتُّ اَنْ اَعِیْبَهَا وَ كَانَ وَرَآءَهُمْ مَّلِكٌ یَّاْخُذُ كُلَّ سَفِیْنَةٍ غَصْبًا۝۷۹

That boat belonged to poor people who used to toil on the sea. I damaged it because there was a king after them who used to seize every ship by force.

وَ اَمَّا الْغُلٰمُ فَكَانَ اَبَوٰهُ مُؤْمِنَیْنِ فَخَشِیْنَاۤ اَنْ یُّرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْیَانًا وَّ كُفْرًاۚ۝۸۰

As for the boy, his parents were believers, but we feared that he would harass them with defiance and disbelief.