Quran 18 : 70 Word by Word

He said, "Then if you follow me, (do) not ask me about anything until I present to you of it a mention."
قَالَ
Qāla
He said
فَإِنِ
Faiini
Then if
ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى
Ittabaʿtaniā
you follow me
فَلَا
Falā
(do) not
تَسْـَٔلْنِى
Tasalniā
ask me
عَن
ʿAn
about
شَىْءٍ
Shaāʾin
anything
حَتَّىٰٓ
Ḥattaāā
until
أُحْدِثَ
Auḥditha
I present
لَكَ
Laka
to you
مِنْهُ
Minhu
of it
ذِكْرًا
Dhikrana
a mention

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

He said: "If you follow me, then do not ask about anything until I relate it to you."

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

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

Wahiduddin Khan

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

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

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

The Wise Quran

He said, 'Then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I begin the mention of it to you.'

The Study Quran

He said, “If thou wouldst follow me, then question me not about anything, till I make mention of it to thee.

Talal Itani (2012)

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

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

He said, “If you are determined to follow me, then don’t question me about anything until I choose to explain it to you.”

T.B.Irving

He said: "If you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I tell you something to remember it by."

Syed Vickar Ahamed

The other said: "If then you were to follow me, do not ask me any questions about anything until I, myself speak to you about it."

Sher Ali

He said, `Well, if thou wouldst follow me, then ask me no questions about anything till I myself speak to thee about it.

Shakir

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

Shabbir Ahmed

The man said, "Well, if you go with me, ask me not any questions unless I choose to tell you about it."

Samy Mahdy

He said, “So, if you follow me, do not ask me about a thing, until I narrate for you from it a reminder.”

Safi Kaskas

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

Rashad Khalifa

He said, "If you follow me, then you shall not ask me about anything, unless I choose to tell you about it."

N J Dawood 2014

He said: ‘If you are bent on following me, you must not question me about anything until I mention it to you myself.‘

Mustaqim

He said: then if you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I mention it to you.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

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

Musharraf Hussain

The man said, “If you must follow me then don’t ask questions until I speak about it to you.

MunirMezyed2023

He said: ‘If you decided to follow me, then you should not ask me about anything till I myself admonish it to you ’.

Munir Mezyed

He said: “If you decided to follow me, then you should not ask me about anything till I myself admonish it to you."

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

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

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."

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

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

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

Said he, "So in case you closely follow me, then do not ask me about anything until I (myself) effect a mention of it to you."

Muhammad Asad

Said [the sage]: "Well, then, if thou art to follow me, do not question me about aught [that I may do] until I myself give thee an account thereof."

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

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."

Mohammad Shafi

He said, "If you would follow me, question me not about any thing until I myself speak to you about it."

Mir Aneesuddin

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

Maulana Muhammad Ali

He said: If thou wouldst follow me, question me not about aught until I myself speak to thee about it

Maududi

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

Linda "iLham" Barto

He said, “If you would follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I speak to you about it.”

John Medows Rodwell

He said, "Then, if thou follow me, ask me not of aught until I have given thee an account thereof."

Irving/Hegab

He said: "If you follow me, do not ask me about anything until I tell you something about it [myself]."

Hilali - Khan

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

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

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

Hamid S. Aziz

He said, "Well then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything until I myself begin to mention it."

George Sale

He said, if thou follow me therefore, ask me not concerning any thing, until I shall declare the meaning thereof unto thee

Fode Drame

He said, “Then if you do follow me, do not ask me about anything until I bring you a new remembrance from it.”

Faridul Haque

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

Edward Henry Palmer

He said, 'Then, if thou followest me, ask me not about anything until I begin for them the mention of it.

Dr. Munir Munshey

He said, "You may accompany me but do not ask any questions until I bring the matter up myself."

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

(Khidr) said: ‘So if you are in my company, then do not question me about anything until I myself mention that to you.

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

He said: Then, if thou hadst followed me, ask me not about anything until I cause to be evoked in thee a remembrance of it.

Dr. Kamal Omar

He said: “Then if you come along with me, then ask me not about anything till I (myself) narrate to you therefrom the Message (hidden in an incident).

Corpus.Quran

He said Then if you follow me (do) not ask me about anything until I present to you of it a mention

Bilal Muhammad 2018

The other said, “But if you follow me, ask me no questions about anything until I speak to you concerning it.

Bijan Moeinian

The wise man said: “You may follow me on one condition: Do not ask the wisdom behind my behavior. I will tell you myself later!”

Bakhtiari Nejad

He said: “So if you follow me, then do not ask me about anything until I bring up mentioning it for you.”

Arthur John Arberry

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

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.

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."

Ali Quli Qara'i

He said, ‘If you follow me, do not question me concerning anything until I [myself] make a mention of it to you.’

Aisha Bewley

He said, ´Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I myself make mention of it to you.´

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

He said, 'If you remain with me, then ask, not anything, unless I myself mention it.

Ahmed Hulusi

(Khidr) said, “If you are to follow me, you shall not ask me any questions (regarding how and what I do) until I explain to you the reality of it!”

Ahmed Ali

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

Abdul Hye

He (Khidr) said: “Then, if you follow me, don’t ask me about anything until I myself mention it to you.”

Abdel Haleem

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