Surah Al-Kahf 18:75

The Story of killing the Boy

(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,

(till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Khidr deliberately singled him out. He was the finest and most handsome of them all, and Al-Khidr killed him. When Musa, peace be upon him, saw that he denounced him even more fervently than in the first case, and said hastily:

(Have you killed an innocent person) meaning, a young person who had not yet committed any sin or done anything wrong, yet you killed him

(without Nafs) with no reason for killing him.

(Verily, you have committed a thing Nukr!) meaning, something that is clearly evil.

(He said: "Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me") Once again, Al-Khidr reiterates the condition set in the first place, so Musa says to him:

(If I ask you anything after this,) meaning, `if I object to anything else you do after this,'

(keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.) `you have accepted my apology twice.' Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn `Abbas that Ubayy bin Ka`b said: "Whenever the Prophet mentioned anyone, he would pray for himself first. One day he said:

(May the mercy of Allah be upon us and upon Musa. If he had stayed with his companion he would have seen wonders, but he said, (`If I ask you anything after this, keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.'))"

Dalam ayat ini dijelaskan bagaimana Khidir mengingkari pertanyaan Musa, seraya berkata kepada Musa as, "Bukankah sudah kukatakan kepadamu bahwa sesungguhnya kau tidak akan dapat sabar untuk mempelajari ilmu hakikat bersamaku." Memang sudah dua kali Musa membantah dan tidak menyetujui perbuatan Khidir, padahal Musa telah berjanji tidak akan mengadakan sangkalan apa-apa terhadap apa yang diperbuat oleh Nabi Khidir. Peringatan Khidir kepada Musa itu adalah peringatan yang terakhir.