فَوَجَدَا عَبۡدٗا مِّنۡ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمۡنَٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلۡمٗا
And they found a servant from among Our servants to whom we had given mercy from us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge
Moses was told about a further sign, i.e. that when he reached the required destination, the fish kept for eating would go down into the water in a peculiar manner. And at a certain place this was exactly what happened. But the fish was with the disciple and he could not for some reason inform Moses about this incident. After proceeding a little further, Moses came to know of this incident. He immediately returned to that place and found Khidr there, the person for whom he had undertaken such a long journey. God had bestowed on this servant, Khidr, special knowledge and powers, so that he could bring certain extraordinary influence to bear upon the affairs of this world. In view of this knowledge, he used to act against the customary norms. That is why, on Moses request to be allowed to accompany him, he said that he Moses would not be able to bear it.
حضرت موسیٰکو مزید علامت یہ بتائی گئی تھی کہ تم جب مطلوبہ مقام پر پہنچوگے تو تمھارے ناشتہ کی مچھلی عجیب طریقہ سے پانی میں چلی جائے گی۔ یہ واقعہ ایک مقام پر ہوا۔ مگر مچھلی شاگرد کے ساتھ تھی اور شاگرد کسی وجہ سے حضرت موسیٰ کو بتا نہ سکا کہ ایسا واقعہ ہواہے۔ کچھ آگے بڑھنے کے بعد جب موسیٰکو معلوم ہوا تو وہ فوراً واپس ہوئے اور مذکورہ مقام پر اس بندہ (خضر) کو پالیا جس سے ملنے کے لیے انھوں نے یہ لمبا سفر کیا تھا۔
Maulana does not cite this verse in the lectures indexed so far. The verses of this surah Maulana does cite →