Al-Qur'an Surah Al-Kahf Verse 70

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He said, “Well, if you follow me, do not ask me about anything unless I myself start telling you about it.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

He responded, “Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I ˹myself˺ clarify it for you.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

He said, “Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I mention it to you.”

A. J. Arberry

Said he, 'Then if thou followest me, question me not on anything until I myself introduce the mention of it to thee.'

Abdul Haleem

The man said, ‘If you follow me then, do not query anything I do before I mention it to you myself.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

He said: then if thou wilt follow me ask me not of anything until begin thereof some mention.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The other said; "If then thou wouldst follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I myself speak to thee concerning it."

Abul Ala Maududi

He said: "Well, if you follow me, do not ask me concerning anything until I myself mention it to you."

Ahmed Ali

"If you must follow me," he said, "do not ask me any thing until I speak of it to you myself."

Ahmed Raza Khan

He said, “Therefore if you stay with me, do not ask me about anything until I myself mention it to you.”

Ali Quli Qarai

He said, ‘If you follow me, do not question me concerning anything until I myself first mention it for you.’

Ali Ünal

(Al-Khadr) explained: "Well, if you go with me, do not ask me concerning anything (that I may do) until I myself make mention of it to you."

Amatul Rahman Omar

He (- the great man) said, `Well, if you would follow me, (mind that) you shall ask me no question about anything unless I myself broach the subject to you.´

English Literal

He Said: "So if you followed me, so do not ask/question me on (about) a thing, until I initiate/tell to you from it a reminder/remembrance."

Faridul Haque

He said, "Therefore if you stay with me, do not ask me about anything until I myself mention it to you."

Hamid S. Aziz

He said, "Allah willing, you will find me patient; nor will I rebel against your bidding."

Hilali & Khan

He (Khidr) said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything till I myself mention it to you."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

He said: If Allah please, thou wilt find me patient, nor shall I disobey thee in aught.

Mohammad Habib Shakir

He said: If you would follow me, then do not question me about any thing until I myself speak to you about it

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

He said: Well, if thou go with me, ask me not concerning aught till I myself make mention of it unto thee.

Muhammad Sarwar

He said to Moses, "If you will follow me, do not ask me about anything until I tell you the story about it."

Qaribullah & Darwish

He said: 'If you follow me, you must not question me about anything till I myself speak to you concerning it'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

He said: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything till I myself mention of it to you."

Wahiduddin Khan

He said, "Well then, if you would follow me, do not ask me about anything till I speak of it to you."

Talal Itani

He said, “If you follow me, do not ask me about anything, until I myself make mention of it to you.”

Tafsir jalalayn

He said, `If you follow me then do not question me (l tas'aln, a variant reading has l tas'alann) concerning anything, that you might find objectionable in what I do, according to your [limited] knowledge, and be patient, until I [myself] make mention of it to you', in other words, [until] I mention it to you with [an explication of] the reason for it. Moses accepted his precondition bearing in mind the respect which a student should exercise in the presence of a teacher.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

قَالَ فَإِنِ اتَّبَعْتَنِي فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِي عَن شَيْءٍ

Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything,

do not initiate any discussion of the matter,

حَتَّى أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا



till I myself mention of it to you.

meaning, `until I initiate the discussion, before you ask me about it.