قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًۭا
[Moses] said, "That is what we were seeking." So they returned, following their footprints.
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
The Story of Musa and Al-Khidr
The reason for Musa's conversation with the boy-servant, Yusha` bin Nun, was that he had been told about one of the servants of Allah at the junction of the two seas, who had knowledge which Musa had not been granted, so he wanted to travel to meet him. So he said to that boy-servant of his:
لا أَبْرَحُ
(I will not give up) meaning, I will keep on traveling,
حَتَّى أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ
(until I reach the junction of the two seas) meaning, the place where the two seas met.
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