Surah Kahf ayat 77 Tafsir Quran 18:77

﴿فَانطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُ ۖ قَالَ لَوْ شِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا﴾
[ الكهف: 77]

18:77 So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."

So they set off until when they came to the folk of a certain town namely Antioch Antākya they asked its folk for food they asked them for food by way of hospitality but they refused to extend them any hospitality. They then found in it a wall one hundred cubits high about to collapse that is it was close to falling down because of its tilt; so he al-Khidr straightened it with his own hands. He Moses said to him ‘Had you wished you could have taken a variant reading for la-ttakhadhta has la-takhidhta a wage for it’ some sort of payment since they did not extend us any hospitality despite our need for food.

Again they made their way onward until they came across a town where they asked the people for food but the people neither offered nor afforded welcome or entertainment to strangers and consequently denied then hospitality. So they made their way onward only to find a wall about to fall and he -the teacher- repaired it and brought it back to its original state, and there Mussa exclaimed: Had you willed you could have charged a price for it

The Story of repairing the Wall Allah tells us that فَانطَلَقَا ( they both proceeded ) after the first two instances, حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ( till when they came to the people of a town, ) Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn Sirin that this was Al-Aylah.
According to the Hadith;
«حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ لِئَامًا»
( When they came there, the people of the town were mean. ) i.e., miserly اسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْاْ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَاراً يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ ( they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them.
Then they found therein a wall about to collapse and he (Khidr ) set it up straight.) means, he fixed it so it was standing upright properly.
We have already seen in the Hadith quoted above that he set it up with his own hands, supporting it until it was standing straight again, which is something extraordinary.
At this point Musa said to him: لَوْ شِئْتَ لاَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً ( If you had wished, surely you could have taken wages for it! ) meaning, because they did not entertain us as guests, you should not have worked for them for free. قَالَ هَـذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ( He said: "This is the parting between you and I ) meaning, because you said after the boy was killed that if you asked me anything after that, you would not accompany me any further.
So this is the parting of the ways between me and you. سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ ( I will tell you the interpretation ) meaning explanation, مَا لَمْ تَسْطِـع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْراً ( of (those ) things over which you were not able to be patient.)

The Story of repairing the Wall Allah tells us that فَانطَلَقَا ( they both proceeded ) after the first two instances, حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ ( till when they came to the people of a town, ) Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn Sirin that this was Al-Aylah.
According to the Hadith; «حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ لِئَامًا» ( When they came there, the people of the town were mean. ) i.e., miserly اسْتَطْعَمَآ أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْاْ أَن يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَاراً يُرِيدُ أَن يَنقَضَّ ( they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them.
Then they found therein a wall about to collapse and he (Khidr ) set it up straight.) means, he fixed it so it was standing upright properly.
We have already seen in the Hadith quoted above that he set it up with his own hands, supporting it until it was standing straight again, which is something extraordinary.
At this point Musa said to him: لَوْ شِئْتَ لاَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً ( If you had wished, surely you could have taken wages for it! ) meaning, because they did not entertain us as guests, you should not have worked for them for free. قَالَ هَـذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنِكَ ( He said: "This is the parting between you and I ) meaning, because you said after the boy was killed that if you asked me anything after that, you would not accompany me any further.
So this is the parting of the ways between me and you. سَأُنَبِّئُكَ بِتَأْوِيلِ ( I will tell you the interpretation ) meaning explanation, مَا لَمْ تَسْطِـع عَّلَيْهِ صَبْراً ( of (those ) things over which you were not able to be patient.)

( So they twain journeyed on till, when they came unto the folk of a certain township ) Antioch, ( they asked its folk for food ) they asked its inhabitants for bread, ( but they refused to make them guests ) they refused to give them food. ( And they found therein a wall upon the point of falling into ruin, and he repaired it ) Khidr repaired it. ( (Moses ) said: If thou hadst wished) O Khidr, ( thou couldst have taken payment for it ) in the form of bread that we could eat.

Then they both proceeded, till, when they came to the people of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused to entertain them. Then they found therein a wall about to collapse and he (Khidr) set it up straight. [Musa (Moses)] said: If you had wished, surely, you could have taken wages for it!"

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