Al-Kahf 18:77 فانطلقا حتى اذا اتيا اهل قرية استطعما اهلها فابوا ان يضيفوهما فوجدا فيها جدارا يريد ان ينقض فاقامه قال لو شيت لاتخذت عليه اجرا ٧٧
فَٱنطَلَقَا
حَتَّىٰٓ
إِذَآ
أَتَيَآ
أَهۡلَ
قَرۡيَةٍ
ٱسۡتَطۡعَمَآ
أَهۡلَهَا
فَأَبَوۡاْ
أَن
يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا
فَوَجَدَا
فِيهَا
جِدَارٗا
يُرِيدُ
أَن
يَنقَضَّ
فَأَقَامَهُۥۖ
قَالَ
لَوۡ
شِئۡتَ
لَتَّخَذۡتَ
عَلَيۡهِ
أَجۡرٗا
٧٧
Then they proceeded: until, when they came to the inhabitants of a town, they asked them for food, but they refused them hospitality. They found there a wall on the point of falling down, but he set it up straight. (Moses) said: "If thou hadst wished, surely thou couldst have exacted some recompense for it!"
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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
…The Story of repairing the Wall Allah tells us that
فَانطَلَقَا
(they both proceeded) after the first two instances,
حَتَّى إِذَآ أَتَيَآ أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ
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