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Al-Khidr, The servant with hidden knowledge

In the Quran

In the QuranThe servant with hidden knowledge

Al-Khidrالخضر

Traditional date, disputedJunction of the two seas (disputed)

A servant of Allah given knowledge from Him, whom Musa travelled to learn from.

Musa found him where the two seas meet and asked to follow him. Al-Khidr made a hole in a boat, killed a boy and rebuilt a falling wall for nothing. Musa could not keep silent. At the end al-Khidr explained: the boat was saved from a tyrant, the parents from a cruel son, and two orphans' treasure kept safe. I did not do it of my own accord.

What does the Quran say?

And they found a servant from among Our servants to whom we had given mercy from us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.

Quran 18:65

18:60-82

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 122

The lesson

Behind what looks like harm, Allah's wisdom may be working.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Junction of the Two SeasMusaYusha ibn Nun

Who lived at the same time?

MusaRamesses II

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